If you've ever tried to grow plants, you know it takes specific conditions, but imagine doing it in space. Astronaut Don Pettit recently grew something on the ISS that looked truly alien, revealing just how weird life can get in microgravity.
Everyone's buzzing about a 'space potato' or 'alien egg' because astronaut Don Pettit shared photos of a bizarre, purple, tentacled object he grew on the ISS.
Pettit, a veteran NASA astronaut and chemist, has a history of conducting personal science experiments on the International Space Station.