
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

Astronauts collect blood aboard the ISS | Space photo of the day for July 21, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station collect blood samples as part of a project to study human health in space.

A lunar eclipse steals the show in a colorful sky | Space photo of the day for July 18, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
A lunar eclipse was seen over the U.S. Naval Observatory Deep South Telescope in Chile.

NASA preps key piece of Artemis IV moon rocket for lunar mission | Space photo of the day for July 17, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
NASA moved its payload adapter at the Space Flight Center in Huntsville to prepare for the upcoming Artemis IV mission

NASA's sci-fi-looking X-59 feels the supersonic wind blow in test tunnel | Space photo of the day for July 16, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) tested a model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel to measure the noise underneath the jet.

Snow covers the SOAR Telescope in Chile | Space photo of the day for July 14, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
An unexpected dusting high in the Andes mountains caused some concern.

NASA SLS rocket booster spews fire | Space photo of the day for July 11, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The test encountered an anomaly.

Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes show 2 sides of star cluster duo | Space photo of the day for July 10, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
In a combined image from the two space telescopes, two star clusters shine in the darkness of space.

ISS astronaut spies sunglint from Lake Titicaca | Space photo of the day for July 9, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The astronaut was able to capture the lake reflecting direct sunlight at the camera.

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers works on experiment in microgravity | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Aboard the International Space Station, Ayers pulls out physics research hardware inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox

See asteroid Donaldjohanson up close thanks to NASA's Lucy mission | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
On April 20th, NASA's Lucy was in the sky, not with diamonds, but with an asteroid.

Satellite spies both ISS and China's Tiangong space station | Space photo of the day for July 4, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Both stations are hubs of scientific research.

See Vega-C rocket's 3rd stage hoisted for upcoming launch | Space photo of the day for July 3, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Zefiro-9 was hoisted in preparation for the Vega-C flight VV27.

Hubble finds stellar nursery in Taurus Molecular Cloud | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The space telescope spied three young stars in the nebula.

NASA's Curiosity rover takes a closer look at 'spiderwebs' on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.

Satellites trace a triangle above Gemini North Telescope | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The satellites were seen in the night skies near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

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.
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