
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics research institute. Kenna is also a freelance science journalist. Her beats include quantum technology, AI, animal intelligence, corvids, and cephalopods.
Latest articles by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates nebula-like ring in night sky | Space photo of the day for June 27, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.

Rubin Observatory takes its 1st look at the night skies | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The telescope, working with the world's largest digital camera, scans the night sky in search of dark matter.

Dwarf galaxy glows red in the Hunting Dogs constellation | Space photo of the day for June 25, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Hubble Space Telescope captures the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 in the constellation Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs).

Vera Rubin Observatory zooms into deep space | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The world's largest digital camera focuses on the Virgo Cluster, showing never-before-seen detail in our universe

'2nd Jupiter' exoplanet seen 60 light-years away | Space photo of the day for June 23, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Exoplanet Gj 504 b was found using the Strategic Explorations of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) Project

Satellite streaks block out the Arctic sky | Space photo of the day for June 20, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Researchers created a satellite tracking system to track satellite streaks across the Arctic for the first time ever.

Dress rehearsal for Artemis 2 | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
NASA and the Department of Defense practice recovery procedures for an abort scenario in the upcoming Artemis 2 mission.

NASA satellite sees sea ice crack apart in Canada | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
NASA's Terra satellite captured huge chunks of sea ice breaking apart in Canada's Amundsen Gulf.

This Australian moth may be the 1st insect ever discovered to use stars for long-distance navigation
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try."

Giant telescope mirror gets a cleaning | Space photo of the day for June 17, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.

Milky Way arcs over Kitt Peak National Observatory | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

Go inside the development of NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope with new 'Cosmic Dawn' documentary
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The film shows never-before-seen footage taken by the JWST film crew as the telescope was being assembled.

Star Trek actor William Shatner and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse team up in new space bromance show 'The Universe Is Absurd'
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Celebrities William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson lead the “Universe is Absurd” show, which is hosted by Future of Space.

NASA robot digs up simulated moon rocks | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.

June full moon shines on SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
SpaceX's private Dragon spacecraft was treated to a stunning view in the night sky under June's full moon.

Cosmic rings reveal new planet being born| Space photo of the day for June 11, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.

Japan's ispace Resilience lander looks back on Earth from the moon | Space photo of the day for June 6, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The private company's Resilience moon lander could almost see Japan if it weren't for the clouds.

12-mile-tall volcano on Mars punches through clouds | Space photo of the day for June 9, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.
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