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

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Scientists studying Mars rocks have found a metal-rich mineral. This raised news question about whether the red planet once ...

In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson’s science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this ...

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From Calle’s habitat, known as MDRS, the cotton candy sky against the red rocks of the Western United States “felt like Mars, ...

Call it Spud-nick. An image of a tentacled growth in space has caused an uproar online with freaked-out viewers imploring ...

As technologies to grow food in space see increasing popularity, NASA astronaut Don Pettit sheds more light on his space ...

A three-sided formation spotted in Nasa imagery is drawing comparisons to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Researchers say the real culprit is rather more mundane ...