Science today ranged from the abyssal seafloor to the violent deaths of stars. In the southeastern Indian Ocean, researchers have uncovered a vast 5.3-million-year-old “whale necropolis,” a graveyard of carcasses scattered across hundreds of miles and more than 7 kilometers deep, offering a rare record of how whale falls have sustained specialized deep-ocean ecosystems over immense spans of time. In space, the Einstein Probe captured what appears to be a long-sought X-ray shock breakout tied to the broad-lined Type Ic supernova SN 2026gzf, giving astronomers an unusually direct glimpse of a star’s final explosive transition. Follow-up observations suggest the blast may have involved a weak or failed jet and a shell of material expelled shortly before collapse. Together, the discoveries show how science is tracing hidden life cycles—of whales in the darkest oceans and massive stars at the edge of destruction.