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.
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 ...
The purple egg-shaped object – that looks like it is from the poster for the 1979 horror “Alien” – is in fact a potato that ...
A grotesque purple lifeform was photographed sprouting 'tentacles' on the International Space Station (ISS), causing a stir ...
A bizarre, tentacled object photographed on the International Space Station by astronaut Don Pettit sparked online alarm, ...
Purple potato grown in microgravity aboard ISS. A strange, tentacled object floating aboard the International Space Station recently sent the internet into a frenzy, with many mistaking it for ...
The spud's alien-like root growth has prompted some conspiracy theories.