
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

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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