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 silhouette of the ISS transiting across the sun's face during the Aug. 12, 2026 total solar eclipse.

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This photo, snapped just as the Aug. 12 solar eclipse was about to enter its totality phase, really captures the drama of the moment.

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The WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite.

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A shot so spectacular it will leave other astrophotographers green with envy.

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The Lion Nebula glows gloriously in this new snapshot from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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President Eisenhower inspects the Discoverer 13 capsule after its return to Earth.

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An international team of researchers using the U.S. National Science Foundation's Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest-resolution view of the sun's surface.

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These tiny capes carry some serious technology.

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The Carina Nebula is truly something to behold in this new snapshot.

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Early this morning, a SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon at seven times the speed of sound. Now, lunar orbiters are trying to get a look at the aftermath.

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ESA's Plato spacecraft completes critical testing ahead of its spaceflight.

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"We have to do what we can to ensure that the country makes it through the challenges that we're dealing with here, and that is the message that we're going to be taking to colleges and universities."

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A hummingbird shape in satellite data from NISAR is actually a mountaintop spotted in Antarctica.

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What might seem like a simple black-and-white picture of some rocks is actually the first photograph ever taken on the surface of Mars.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342.

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Remnants from Martian history stay scattered across the planet's surface.

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Satellites have captured images of the billowing smoke.

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"It's in the habitable zone, which is super exciting for astrobiology and habitability and searching for life."

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That is quite a view.

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"Thanks to the homeowner’s quick reaction, these are the most pristine CM1/2 meteorites we know of."

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"Our work shows that sugars can form naturally in space."

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Glacial ice carves its way downhill.

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