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See it: NASA astronaut shares photo of egg-shaped object with tentacles growing on International Space Station

Astronaut Donald Pettit shared a photo of a purple potato from the ISS garden, part of ongoing experiments to study plant growth and nutrition in microgravity.

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The internet went into a frenzy on Friday when a NASA astronaut shared a weird alien-looking photo on social media.

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An image captured from the International Space Station (ISS) went viral after showing a figure with a "tentacular" appearance floating in space. Although on social networks the object was interpreted as an alleged extraterrestrial creature, the scientific explanation is more earthly. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit shared the photograph on social networks, explaining that the mysterious object is actually a growing pope within a space garden. Bapti…

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Fox 9 broke the news in Minneapolis, United States on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
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