Designed to hunt for new alien worlds, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has serendipitously observed the ...

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This weird object sparked amusing reactions online, with users suggesting it should be 'killed with fire.' ...

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

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

The Cosmic Report brings you this week’s weirdest space moments, from a meteorite smashing through a Houston roof to a potato causing UFO panic on the ISS, plus NASA’s $4 billion telescope surviving a ...

A photograph taken by a NASA astronaut has sparked fears it shows an extraterrestrial creature, but it’s just a photo of a potato.

He explained: "Potatoes are one of the most efficient plants based on edible nutrition to total plant mass (including roots).

A viral image shared by Don Pettit from the International Space Station has sparked confusion online, after a strange, tentacled object appeared to resemble something out of science fiction.

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

The purple egg-shaped object – that looks like it is from the poster for the 1979 horror “Alien” – is in fact a potato that ...