The James Webb telescope spotted the earliest known ‘quenched’ galaxy
The galaxy may have been shut off by an actively feeding black hole
![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope deployed in space.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/020923_LG_quenched-galaxy_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The James Webb Space Telescope, shown in this artist’s illustration, spotted the most distant known galaxy that suddenly stopped forming stars.
Northrup Grumman