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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Things are weird near our galaxy's black hole.

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"That puts another six to nine million people at risk of coastal flooding and erosion."

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City lights streak by as stars twinkle in the distance in this image captured from aboard the International Space Station.

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This place really lives up to the hype.

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NASA's 2025 astronaut candidate class is in the midst of important outdoor training.

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This was a seriously iconic lineup.

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That's one big baby.

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James Webb Space Telescope spies colossal cosmic cloud | Space photo of the day for Sept. 16, 2026

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"Both of our workspaces this week contained features unlike quite anything we have seen in the past."

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Temperatures and precipitation are hitting new extremes.

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Just a little help from its friends.

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A dune field on Mars, as seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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This new satellite image shows Vasquez Rocks in southern California, where Captain Kirk once faced off against the Gorn.

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"We can – and must – get on the right path."

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Anak Krakatau erupted, and satellites were watching.

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President Trump interrupted a NASA press conference today (Aug. 30) to congratulate the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team on a successful launch.

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Nearly a decade ago, I found myself laughing alongside Nancy Grace Roman: one of the most iconic women in astronomy.

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch on an incredible adventure to help scientists explore the great mysteries of the universe. But who was Nancy Grace Roman?

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At the heart of this next-gen space telescope lies the parts of old spy satellites.

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This little satellite is doomed.

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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon complete a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026.

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A fractured "ice tongue" is visible in the imagery.

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On Aug. 23, 1961, NASA launched the Ranger 1 robotic spacecraft on a precursor mission to test new technologies for later moon missions.
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