Chelsea Gohd

Space.com

Chelsea Gohd joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2018 and returned as a Staff Writer in 2019. After receiving a B.S. in Public Health, she worked as a science communicator at the American Museum of Natural History. Chelsea has written for publications including Scientific American, Discover Magazine Blog, Astronomy Magazine, Live Science, All That is Interesting, AMNH Microbe Mondays blog, The Daily Targum and Roaring Earth. When not writing, reading or following the latest space and science discoveries, Chelsea is writing music, singing, playing guitar and performing with her band Foxanne (@foxannemusic). You can follow her on Twitter @chelsea_gohd. 

Articles by: Chelsea Gohd

VSS Unity powers its way to suborbital space on July 11, 2021.

Virgin Galactic launches Richard Branson to space in 1st fully crewed flight of VSS Unity

By Chelsea Gohd published

Early this morning (July 11), billionaire Richard Branson and three other passengers briefly went to space for the first fully crewed spaceflight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.

This artist's visualization shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by dust and gas forming tsunamis on its outer edges.

Supermassive black holes could host giant, swirling gas 'tsunamis'

By Chelsea Gohd published

Could gas escaping the gravitational grasp of supermassive black holes be forming "tsunamis" in space?

Trans astronomers are fighting against name change policies at scientific journals that have previously prohibited authors from retroactively updating their names on publications. This image showcases Jupiter in stunning color in an ultraviolet image from Hubble.

Transgender astronomers speak out about outdated name change policies

By Chelsea Gohd published

An open letter to a scientific journal has sparked a conversation around diversity, inclusion and safety in the astronomy community.

This archaeological site in Arizona in the U.S. shows evidence of an impact from a comet.

Did a comet strike 13,000 years ago change human civilization as we know it?

By Chelsea Gohd published

Could a devastating comet impact in Earth's distant past have forever changed human civilization?

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds up a photo of China's Zhurong Mars rover during a House hearing on May 19, 2021.

China is gaining ground in space. Should the US be concerned?

By Chelsea Gohd published

Are China's recent activities in space cause for U.S. concern?

A Mars Express image of Arsia Mons on Mars and its strange long cloud, taken on July 19, 2020.

The weird long cloud on Mars is finally revealing some of its secrets

By Chelsea Gohd published

A European spacecraft is unraveling the secrets of the weird long cloud that has been appearing again and again in the Martian sky for years.

Mount Etna erupting on Feb. 23, 2021, as seen by VIIRS on NOAA-20.

Mount Etna's fiery eruptions seen from space (satellite photos)

By Chelsea Gohd published

Mount Etna has been spewing lava across Sicily for weeks during a series of eruptions captured by a slew of Earth-orbiting satellites.

This giant iceberg broke off from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf on Feb. 26, 2021.

Watch this giant iceberg break off from Antarctica

By Chelsea Gohd published

The iceberg broke off after a crack formed in November 2020.

March 2, 2021, the dearMoon contest called for applicants to make up its 8-person crew.

Japanese billionaire seeks 8 crewmembers for moon-bound mission on SpaceX's Starship

By Chelsea Gohd published

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight crewmembers for a mission to the moon.

Scientists have found the first evidence for a rare type of Higgs boson decay.

Scientists find first evidence of rare Higgs boson decay

By Chelsea Gohd published

Scientists have spotted the first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay, expanding our understanding of the strange quantum universe.

JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi shared this photo on Twitter of Roscosmos' Progress MS-15 cargo craft burning up in Earth's atmosphere after deorbiting on Feb. 8, 2021.

A Russian 'space truck' just burst into flames on purpose and the photo is amazing

By Chelsea Gohd published

A Russian "space truck" has met its fiery doom on its way home to Earth.

The galaxy GN-z11, which scientists think could be the farthest and oldest galaxy every observed, superimposed on an image from the COODS-North survey.

Scientists think they've spotted the farthest galaxy in the universe

By Chelsea Gohd published

Astronomers have peered out into the vast expanse and spotted what they think is the farthest (and oldest) galaxy ever observed.

This photo shows the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

China is opening the world's largest radio telescope up to international scientists

By Chelsea Gohd published

Following the collapse of the historic Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, China has opened the biggest radio telescope in the world up to international scientists.

This satellite image of the Arecibo observatory shows how its dish has been torn, with green vegetation visible underneath.

Arecibo radio telescope, damaged beyond repair, seen from space

By Chelsea Gohd published

Satellites spotted gashes in the damaged Arecibo Observatory, which will be decommissioned.

The Clavius crater on the moon as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The SOFIA observatory has detected water ice in shadowed regions of this sunlit lunar location.

NASA finds water on the moon's sunlit surface for the first time

By Chelsea Gohd published

The moon has more hidden pockets of water ice than previously thought, NASA's SOFIA flying observatory reveals.

Bill Nye hosts Why With Nye, a web series about the Juptier-bound Juno spacecraft.

Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us'

By Chelsea Gohd published

"The flat earthers, the anti vaxxers, the anti maskers are not on board with the progress of science. And the thing is, it affects all of us," Bill Nye said.

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-14 cargo ship launches toward the International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia on Oct. 2, 2020.

New space toilet reaches the final frontier

By Chelsea Gohd published

A robotic Cygnus spacecraft successfully blasted off from Virginia today (Oct. 1) carrying nearly 4 tons of gear, including a new space toilet, to the International Space Station.

NASA and the Space Force have teamed up to sign a memorandum of understanding.

NASA and US Space Force team up for planetary defense, moon trips and more

By Chelsea Gohd published

Melting from ice shelves in Greenland and Antarctica (like the Getz Ice Shelf seen here) will contribute over 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100, scientists have found in a new study.

Melting ice sheets will add over 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100

By Chelsea Gohd published

A new, international study shows the significant impact that melting ice sheets will have on global sea levels.

The U.S. Space Force isn't the only military space branch popping up around the world.

Countries around the world want a Space Force — but why?

By Chelsea Gohd published

Countries around the world are following the U.S. in creating their own version of the Space Force.

An artist's depiction of the first identified interstellar object, 'Oumuamua.

Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua could actually be a cosmic dust bunny

By Chelsea Gohd published

A new theory has emerged that the cigar-shaped space rock 'Oumuamua might actually be a dust bunny.

The car-sized asteroid 2020 QG made the closest Earth flyby ever recorded on Aug. 16, 2020.

A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived

By Chelsea Gohd published

A newly discovered car-sized asteroid just made the closest-known flyby to Earth without hitting our planet.

In a new study, researchers have modeled the interiors of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.

Scientists probe the weird, alien water inside of Uranus and Neptune

By Chelsea Gohd published

Researchers are investigating an alien version of water inside the strange, icy interiors of Uranus and Neptune.

President Donald Trump speaks inside the Vehicle Assembly Building following the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Trump says 'NASA was Closed & Dead' before he took charge. That's not true.

By Chelsea Gohd published

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Wednesday (Aug. 5) to announce that he brought NASA back from being "Closed & Dead."

Comet NEOWISE, as photographed by Joy Ng, a multimedia producer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Comet NEOWISE: 10 big questions (and answers) about the icy wanderer

By Chelsea Gohd published

Comet NEOWISE has returned to the skies and is delighting skywatchers. So what makes this comet so special?