Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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

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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.

Stars
A gray surface in front of a black background where a small blue and green ball floats.

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.

The moon
a red circle lies on top of a white surface

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.

Mars
Purple and blue patterns dot the sky over a reflective surface with a streak of light running down the right side

Fireball streaks through aurora-filled skies | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.

Earth
A green land mass with streaks of red and white clouds above it showing a volcano eruption of Mt. Etna

Mount Etna's terrifying eruption from orbit | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A satellite from the European Space Agency captured huge plumes of ash and smoke from Europe's largest volcano.

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