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

What is Space?
By Elizabeth Howell published
Space is the zone above and around our planet where there is no air to breathe or to scatter light. Space is a vacuum, but it is far from empty.

Historic sea level rise predicted by NASA and government task force
By Chelsea Gohd published
In a new collaborative report, NASA and other U.S. government agencies have found that sea levels will rise up to a foot by 2050.

1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA's newly-launched X-ray hunting probe has snapped its first science image and — wow — it's spectacular.

Hope for the future of space exploration lies at the heart of SpaceX's new 'Polaris' missions
By Chelsea Gohd published
SpaceX aims to make progress in space and on Earth with its new venture, the Polaris Program. And the team behind it couldn't be more excited.

The James Webb Space Telescope's first images have scientists excited (and a bit relieved)
By Chelsea Gohd published
Excitement runs high as NASA scientists capture the first images and spot their first starlight with the agency's James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA space telescope spots most powerful light ever seen on Jupiter, helps solve 30-year-old mystery
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA has detected the most energetic light ever seen on Jupiter and, in the process, solved a 30-year-old mystery.

Asteroid Ryugu samples, now on Earth, reveal inner workings of the space rock
By Chelsea Gohd published
Pieces of rock from the asteroid Ryugu splashed down on Earth in 2020. Now, scientists studying the samples are revealing the asteroid's true nature.

Solar geomagnetic storms could threaten more satellites after Elon Musk's Starlink
By Chelsea Gohd published
SpaceX will lose 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm as solar activity ramps up. But does this spell disaster for the future of satellites in space?

Paint it black: behind the James Webb Space Telescope's signature color
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has to stay super cool to observe the cosmos. How does it beat the heat? Black paint.

Purple space 'lightning' spews from stellar corpse, creating cosmic shock waves (photo, video)
By Chelsea Gohd published
A streak of purple "lightning" sprawls across the cosmos in a gorgeous new image from NASA.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins to set new record for Black women in space: report
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is preparing to make history as the first Black woman to embark on an extended mission in space.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission rocket faces new delays
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA's first Artemis moon mission will have to wait to launch.
Powerful solar flare from recent sun eruption should reach Earth Wednesday
By Chelsea Gohd published
A powerful solar flare has been traveling through space and it will arrive at planet Earth Wednesday (Feb. 2).

Earth has an extra companion, a Trojan asteroid that will hang around for 4,000 years
By Chelsea Gohd published
In 2020, astronomers thought they'd found something incredible: the second so-called Earth Trojan asteroid ever seen. Now, a new team of researchers has confirmed that it's real.

Hubble Space Telescope spots an 'oddball' starburst
By Chelsea Gohd published
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped a stellar look at a strange cosmic starburst.

Giant 'tree stump' impact crater spotted on Mars
By Chelsea Gohd published
A Mars probe has snapped a peculiar image of the Red Planet's surface that looks like a giant tree stump, rings and all.

SpaceX snags $102 million contract to rocket military supplies and humanitarian aid around the world: report
By Chelsea Gohd published
SpaceX has won a contract, worth over $102 million, to transport military supplies and humanitarian aid around the world using a rocket.

Could a spacecraft 'catch up' to interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua in just 26 years?
By Chelsea Gohd published
Could we send a spacecraft to the giant, cigar-shaped interstellar interloper 'Oumuamua? Should we?

'Resident Alien' returns to Syfy with Season 2 premiere tonight!
By Chelsea Gohd published
Sci-fi fan-favorite Alan Tudyk is here to save humankind with pizza.

Watch the James Webb Space Telescope's last days on Earth in this time-lapse video
By Chelsea Gohd published
It's been a month since the James Webb Space Telescope launched to space. Revisit its last days on Earth in a stunning new timelapse video.

James Webb Space Telescope arrives at new home in space
By Chelsea Gohd published
After traveling almost a million miles, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reached its final destination today (Jan. 24).

NASA's gamma-ray observatory is in safe mode after a possible wheel failure
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has temporarily stopped its science observations while the mission team investigates an issue.

Bad weather delays SpaceX Dragon's departure from space station to Saturday
By Chelsea Gohd published
A SpaceX resupply ship will have to wait at least one more day before returning to Earth.
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