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

'Masters of the Universe' is spacier than we expected (and it's awesome)
By Chelsea Gohd published
Let's take a look at the movie's 10 spaciest moments

Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory.

A rainbow patchwork quilt shows agriculture from space | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
A rainbow blanket of patchwork colors sprawls across South Africa in this new composite image created using data from NASA's latest Earth-observing mission.

'The mirror passed with flying colors': NASA just took its last look at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before launch
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA engineers completed their final inspection of the Roman telescope's primary mirror and are now preparing to ship the telescope to its Florida launch site.

Happy Pride Month! Remembering Sally Ride's historic legacy | Space photo of the day for June 3, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Nearly three decades later, we learned that she had also been an LGBTQ trailblazer.

'The movie has tremendous heart': We sat down with the director of 'Masters of the Universe' to learn how he found 'the power' for the new He-Man
By Chelsea Gohd published
"My compass was about trying to please the eight-year-old version of myself who discovered He-Man for the first time."

Student-powered 'moon' rovers put to the test | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
Hundreds of students came together to design, build, and test rovers on an Earth obstacle course to prepare for the moon as part of a NASA challenge.

Manhattanhenge is back! | Space photo of the day for June 1, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
The city spectacle is back for 2026 — and don't worry you'll have another chance to see it in July.

'I was literally becoming Teela': We chat to Camilla Mendes about kicking ass in 'Masters of the Universe'
By Chelsea Gohd published
He-Man isn't the only one with a sword.

Record-breaking Europe heat wave from space | Space photo of the day for May 29, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
Even the satellites are seeing red.

Astronaut captures aurora magic from the ISS | Space photo of the day for May 28, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
This is one spectacular photograph.

Laser beams blast through the cosmos | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
Fear not, these lasers are just doing science.

Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
The two boosters hang out mid-air after separation.

Nothing beats a beautiful sunset (from space) | Space photo of the day for May 25, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published

Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years
By Chelsea Gohd published
This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.

Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has stumbled across an unusual sight: a stack of rocks on the Martian surface.

Where did Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid come from? It may be the only survivor of the planet's violent history
By Chelsea Gohd published
Neptune's moon Nereid might be the only satellite surviving from the planet's original system, researchers report in a new study.

An astronaut's view of Argentina's snow-capped mountains | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
Earth is so beautiful from afar.

Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Scientists found stardust trapped in Antarctic ice. What could it tell us about our solar system?
By Chelsea Gohd published
"This dust can penetrate the shielding of the solar system and end up on Earth."
Artemis 2 moon astronauts snap gorgeous shot of swirling stars | Space photo of the day for May 18, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
What a view from the Orion capsule.

Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
An astronaut aboard the ISS captured the brilliant green and pink glow.

Earth photobombs a satellite deploying its giant reflector | Space photo of the day for May 14, 2026
By Chelsea Gohd published
ViaSat's ViaSat-3 F2 satellite has bloomed.
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