Elon Musk joked that if aliens came to earth he would get the most-liked tweet of all time, and that he's 'very familiar with space stuff'

• Elon Musk spoke to Fox News' Tucker Carlson on Tuesday about extraterrestrial life.
• The SpaceX CEO said "if anyone would know about aliens on Earth it would probably be me."
• And wished it would happen so he could get the top tweet of all time.

Elon Musk spoke about the potential of alien life — and his hope that it would get him the best tweet of all time — in an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson that aired on Tuesday.

The SpaceX CEO said he's often asked by people whether aliens exist. "I think if anyone would know about aliens on Earth it would probably be me," Musk said in the interview.

"Yeah, I'm, you know, very familiar with space stuff," he added. "But to the best of my knowledge, we see no evidence of conscious life anywhere in the universe."