Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05419-w, published online 02 July 2025

The original version of this Article contained errors in Figure 3, where the colors representing “Flight” and “Ground” were swapped. “Flight” was erroneously identified as the green columns, and “Ground” was erroneously identified as the blue columns. The original Fig. 3 appears below.

Fig. 3
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Viability and programmed cell death (PCD) of Chlamydomonas in flight vs. ground. Aliquots of flown and ground control Chlamydomonas were stained with Annexin V, to identify PCD, and propidium iodide, to identify dead cells, and analyzed by flow cytometry. Values shown are the % positively staining cells and are the mean ± SEM of six replicates. The p values for significance were evaluated by unpaired two-tailed t-test.

The original Article has been corrected.