jwst just solved the mystery of star formation in galaxies at cosmic noon. turns out it's not what we thought, and quenching (aka shutting down) is way more complicated than we thought https://astrobites.org/2026/06/12/excels-psbs/
Title: The JWST EXCELS survey: Insights into the nature of quenching at cosmic noonAuthors: Maya Skarbinski, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo, Vivienne Wild, Adam C. Carnall, Omar Almaini, David Maltby, Thomas de Lisle, Timothy Heckman, Ryan Begley, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Guillaume Hewitt,