A strange purple object aboard the ISS sparked alien fears online, but NASA revealed it was a potato experiment. It shows how ...

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

A NASA astronaut has freaked out space fans with a photograph of what appeared to be an “alien egg.” America’s oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, shared a picture on X of a ...

A grotesque purple lifeform was photographed sprouting 'tentacles' on the International Space Station (ISS), causing a stir ...

Call it Spud-nick. An image of a tentacled growth in space has caused an uproar online with freaked-out viewers imploring astronauts to “kill it with fire.” Viral photos showed the floating, purple ...

A strange, tentacled object that went viral online was revealed to be a space-grown purple potato. Astronaut Don Pettit cultivated the unusual specimen during a microgravity gardening experiment, ...

A bizarre floating growth on the International Space Station has caused hilarious online comments.