Astronomers have discovered the oldest known "dead" galaxy in recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This galaxy appears to challenge current models of the early universe.
The newly discovered galaxy, named JADES-GS-z7-01-QU, stopped forming stars more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was only 700 million years old. However, astronomers are puzzled by the galaxy's sudden halt in star formation because, at that time, the dust and gas necessary to form stars was abundant in the universe.
