It may resemble a cross between some sort of bizarre alien plant and a funky Christmas decoration, but this is neither. This ...

A Space Odyssey hit screens. Read SFX legend Douglas Trumbull on the movie's original "crap script" and 20-foot-tall green ...

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

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

Temperature plays the biggest role in where plants can grow. Warmer conditions allow more plants to survive in new places. Other factors like rainfall and soil also matter, but temperature has the ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...

A NASA astronaut recently sent the internet into a frenzy when he posted an alien-looking photo on social media. The photo posted by Don Pettit depicts what appears to be an egg-shaped object with ...

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, ...