An ancient galaxy grew massive — then oddly stopped making stars
Something abruptly tossed star-making gas from this galaxy or stopped it from falling in
![illustration of a large, dusty galaxy](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/021020_CC_monstergalaxy_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
A gargantuan galaxy in the early universe that grew quickly and then just stopped forming stars might, in its star-making phase, have once resembled the massive dusty galaxy illustrated here. Such a reservoir of dust and gas may have helped fuel rapid star formation.
NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton