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 egg-shaped object with tendrils exploding out of it like the poster for the 1979 sci-fi horror flick “Alien.

The internet went into a frenzy 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

A strange, tentacled object that went viral online was revealed to be a space-grown purple potato. Astronaut Don Pettit cultivated the unusual specimen during a microgravity gardening experiment, highlighting the potential for future food production beyond Earth.

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 literal sonic assault.

An image of a strange, tentacled object has been circulating online, with some comparing it to something out of a sci-fi movie. But what is it really? The viral post, shared on X by NASA astronaut Don Pettit,

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has sent the internet crazy after sharing a snap of an object which looks like an egg with black tentacles sprouting out of it