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
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In this donut-shaped bag is a massive parachute. Next stop? Mars.

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The Ucayali River snakes across the rainforest in this image captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station.

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Fuzzy, purple, and edible, Spudnik is a marvel.

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The Sombrero galaxy's name fits perfectly.

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When we build things on wonder, it naturally opens the mind.

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This eerie image shows the heat shield following splashdown.

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The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor of our Milky Way galaxy, stuns in this ambassador's picture.

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Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet's Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.

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Hubble revisits the Trifid Nebula in a spectacular image, revealing it's expansive splendor.

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This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.
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Celebrating Earth Day with an image of Earth captured by NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon.

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NASA's Jessica Meir spotted the Lyrids from aboard the space station.

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It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found.
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The Artemis 2 astronauts captured a unique image of the moon's "dark side" during their historic April 2026 flyby.

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Hubble images never fail to amaze.

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Every single tiny point on the map is a galaxy.

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Two NASA astronauts had some fun during the ISS' capture of a robotic cargo spacecraft on April 13, pretending to hold onto it from into the station.

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"Rise Wiseman" might be the most beloved mission mascot in history.

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Artemis 2's Victor Glover and Christina Koch are all smiles after splashdown.

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Artemis 2 splashes down on April 10. Here's everything you need to know.

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In response to a request from the U.S. government, Planet Labs made a decision not to share photos of Iran as well as the larger conflict region in the Middle East indefinitely

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The Artemis 2 astronauts are capturing spectacular photos of the moon and Earth on their iPhones in space.

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Reference Starliner is the commercial spacecraft Boeing will use to carry astronauts to space.

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Reference Uncover the mysteries of Venus, the solar system's scorching second planet from the sun, renowned for its intense heat and brightness.

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Katherine Johnson — a mathematician at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia who helped make human spaceflight possible — celebrated 100 trips around the sun this weekend.
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