
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

Curiosity rover images 3 intersecting Mars ridges | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
As part of its exploration of Mars's boxwork landscape, Curiosity found itself in a fork-in-the-road

Test your true terrestrial trivia with our Earth quiz!
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz will explore the science behind the scenery, the facts behind the familiar, and the wonders that make Earth a living planet.

Semiconductor wafer on ISS goes under the microscope | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This is part of a NASA-supported project hoping to fabricate "device-ready" wafers from space-grown crystals.

Wheelie smart: A space quiz about rovers
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz is dedicated to the mechanical marvels that have rolled across the surfaces of alien worlds: the iconic space rovers!

Artemis 2 astronauts practice photographing the moon | Space photo of the day for Aug. 19, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are gearing up for their planned 2026 moon launch by photographing an inflatable version of Earth's nearest neighbor.

Think you know our solar system's dwarf planets? Test your skills with our new quiz!
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others!

SpaceX's Super Heavy booster will fly with fresh 'grid fins' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Like birds returning to their nests, these feather-like grid fins help steer rockets back down through the atmosphere toward their landing zones.

Mercury quiz: How well do you know the Swift Planet?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz will explore the facts, the fun and the fascinating quirks of our solar system's speedster, Mercury

Moon quiz: For all lunatics
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Think you know Earth's moon? Test your knowledge in a lunar quiz!

Whose moon is it anyway? A matching space quiz
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
In this quiz, you'll test your cosmic knowledge by matching each moon to the planet it calls home.

Milky Way and zodiacal light glow above telescopes in Chile | Space photo of the day for Aug. 15, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Milky Way galaxy glows alongside the zodiacal light over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile.

Was it cooked in space? A space food-themed quiz!
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
In this quiz, you'll explore the weird, wonderful, and sometimes surprising world of space cuisine. Can you tell which foods have actually made it to orbit?

SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
SpaceX's Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Trailblazing women in space quiz: Can you name the first five female astronauts in space?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz tests your knowledge of which female astronauts broke barriers and reached for the stars.

China's moon lander passes key test | Space photo of the day for Aug. 13, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Chinese lunar lander Lanyue recently passed a test in a simulated moon-like environment.

Hubble spots star-forming area of Tarantula nebula | Space photo of the day for Aug. 12, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Tarantula nebula was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, where the Scylla program helped create the colored image of this star-forming area.

Can you name all the planets in order in the solar system? Try our new quiz to find out!
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Our quiz will test your smarts of which planets go where in our solar system.

ISS astronaut captures breathtaking star trails | Space photo of the day for Aug. 11, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This long-exposure image from the International Space Station shows the growing tension between celestial beauty and human expansion into space.

Are these names of real spacecraft or fictional ones? Test your sci-fi smarts in our quiz!
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Both science fiction and real life have some interesting spacecraft names, sometimes borrowing from each other. This quiz will test to see if you know the difference.

How the Red Planet craze started 120 years ago: Interview with 'The Martians' author David Baron
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
In a Q&A interview, author and science writer David Baron discusses the turn-of-the-century Mars craze, which he covers in his new book, "The Martians."

Can you name the 12 Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon?
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This quiz tests your knowledge of the astronauts who have stepped foot on the moon.

European weather satellite readied for launch on Ariane 6 rocket | Space photo of the day for Aug. 8, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The MetOp-SG-A1 weather satellite is loaded onto the Ariane 6 launch adapter as part of a mission for the European Space Agency.

Planetarium celebrates 1st images from Vera Rubin Observatory | Space photo of the day for August 7, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The Prague Planetarium hosted a first-watch party to unveil the first images captured by the Vera Rubin Observatory
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