Carole Ann Haswell is a British astrophysicist and current Professor of Astrophysics and Head of Astronomy at the Open University.

She has been involved in the detection of several exoplanets, including Barnard's Star b. Haswell was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, and grew up in Dormanstown.

[2] Whilst a student at Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College, Haswell was interested in art, mathematics and physics, and was a fan of the television show Star Trek.

[2] Haswell eventually spoke to Donald Blackwell who helped her transfer courses, and enrolled on a physics degree at University College, Oxford.

[2] During her time as an undergraduate student, Haswell was President of the Oxford University Astronomical Society and rowed in the Summer Eights.

[2] In 1994, Haswell moved to Columbia University, where she worked on black hole X-ray transients and cataclysmic variable stars.

[2] Early work on exoplanets was not well funded, and Haswell has spoken about using second hand Canon camera lenses to make suitable telescopes.

[1] In 2019 Haswell used the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) to discover six extraordinarily hot exoplanets (with surface temperatures between 1100 and 1800 °C).