Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Content Manager, Space.com

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

Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), flaring its arms in the deep sea.

Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome.

Mollusks
Whiplash squid

'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A new study reveals an unknown species of whiplash squid burying itself upside down in the deep sea — a first-of-its-kind behavior for cephalopods.

Mollusks
Bumpy snailfish photographed in the deep sea. It has a distinctive pink color, pectoral fins with long fin rays, and a unique bumpy texture.

Never-before-seen adorable pink bumpy snailfish with funny little beard filmed in deep canyon off California coast

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute used remotely operated vehicles to find three new species of snailfish off the California coast.

Fish
A gray scale image showing various white dots of stars and comets with a large smudge in the middle which is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

I watched scientists view the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in real time. Here's what they saw.

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Partner Content Created With Space. published

The Gemini South Observatory opened up its telescope to the public as a team of astronomers looked at the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in real time.