An image of a purple, egg-shaped object with tentacles, shared by a NASA astronaut, caused a stir online, with users speculating about extraterrestrial life. The object, however, was revealed to be a potato grown in space as part of an experiment.
The internet went into a frenzy on Friday when a NASA astronaut shared a weird alien-looking photo on social media. The photo showed an object that was floating in the air and appeared to be purple, egg-shaped with tentacles spouting out of it.
NASA PAUSES GATEWAY LUNAR-ORBIT SPACE STATION TO BUILD LUNAR BASE ON THE MOONUsers were in utter shock when they saw the photo. One user responded to the astronaut by telling him to "kill it with fire."Another said, "looks like a mimic hatching out of an egg," referring to the movie, "Prey." One user even joked by commenting, "Bro, I genuinely thought this was some kind of egg hatching."WATCH: NASA'S HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE CAPTURES RARE PROOF OF COMET BREAKING APARTAlthough the photo is very strange, the object isn’t evidence of extraterrestrial life forms but is rather a normal everyday item. The astronaut, Donald Pettit, who snapped the picture, posted on X that the object was a potato he had been growing in his space garden. "Spudnik-1, an orbiting potato on @Space_Station," astronaut Pettit said on X. Astronaut Pettit took the photo in the middle of Expedition 72 on the International Space Station , which took place from September 2024 to April 2025. "I flew potatoes on Expedition 72 for my space garden, an activity I did in my off-duty time," astronaut Pettit said. "This is an early purple potato, complete with a spot of Velcro hook to anchor it in my improvised grow light terrarium." Pettit continued to tell users that he was inspired by Andy Weir’s book and movie "The Martian" to start growing potatoes."Potatoes are one of the most efficient plants based on edible nutrition to total plant mass ," Pettit said. "Potatoes will have a place in future exploration of space. So, I thought it was good to get started now." HERE'S WHY NASA WILL MONITOR THE SUN FOR SOLAR ERUPTIONS DURING ARTEMIS II MISSIONAccording to NASA, astronauts have been growing plants in the space garden for years in order to study plant growth in microgravity, while adding fresh food to the astronauts’ diet. In recent years, NASA has successfully grown three types of lettuce, Chinese cabbage, mizuna mustard, red Russian kale and zinnia flowers in space. Read more on FOX Weather.
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