Chelsea Gohd served as a Senior Writer for Space.com from 2018 to 2022 before returning in 2026, covering everything from climate change to planetary science and human spaceflight in both articles and on-camera in videos. With a M.S. in Biology, Chelsea has written and worked for institutions including NASA JPL, the American Museum of Natural History, Scientific American, Discover Magazine Blog, Astronomy Magazine, and Live Science. When not writing, editing or filming something space-y, Gohd is writing music and performing as Foxanne, even launching a song to space in 2021 with Inspiration4. You can follow her online @chelsea.gohd and @foxanne.music
Latest articles by Chelsea Gohd

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The robotic Griffin lunar lander has passed a host of critical tests ahead of its first-ever moon mission, which is scheduled to launch later this year.

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Researchers think they might have pinpointed the exact night sky that we see depicted in Vincent van Gogh's iconic painting "The Starry Night."

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A satellite image of "Spider Crater" in Western Australia.

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NASA astronaut Luke Delaney conducts botany experiments on the ISS.

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And yes, it has AI.

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If you were approaching the edge of a spiral galaxy, arriving from afar through the cosmos, it might look something like this.

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One new study shows how much the moon has diminished over time.

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The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite mission captured a close-up of West Antarctica from its perch high above Earth.

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What looks like a neon pink treble clef floating out in space is actually a bizarre source of radio waves spotted deep in the cosmos.

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A "jellyfish" in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX's launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026.

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has broken the record for the farthest distance driven on a world beyond Earth, passing its smaller cousin Opportunity.

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The Etosha Pan in northern Namibia, the largest salt flat in the country, looks otherworldly in this satellite photo.

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Dark clouds swirl across a star-speckled sky as the Milky Way stretches above La Silla Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert.

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"I think motherhood eventually has to become a bigger part of the conversation if we're serious when we talk about humanity having a sustained presence beyond Earth."

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Will future astronauts take shelter in moon caves?

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We have our first look at the science from Artemis II, and it's as amazing as we might have hoped.

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NASA's Curiosity rover recently captured a stunning panorama of a Martian mountain range bathed in golden early-morning light.

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The nebula NGC 7129, as seen in a brand new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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The M83 galaxy as seen in submillimeter wavelengths (left) and visible light (right).

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On Thursday (Oct. 1), SpaceX's four-person Crew-13 mission launched toward the International Space Station. Here's a striking IR view of the liftoff.

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"The PRIMA mission is humanity’s next window into the deep universe."

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NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy exploring Mars' "Wild West."

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The bright blue lagoon waters of Venice and its iconic canals stand out in this true-color satellite image.
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