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AI: A new analysis of data from the James Webb Space Telescope explored the possibility that black holes existed at the dawn of time and helped form galaxies. The findings challenge theories that black holes formed after the first stars and galaxies appeared, and indicate that they may have accelerated the birth of new stars during the first 50 million years of the Universe's existence. In particular, scientists discovered more young galaxies and supermassive black holes than expected, and concluded that black holes may have been the building blocks or seeds for early galaxies. In a paper published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, scientists suggest that black holes could speed up the star formation process by expelling crushed gas clouds and turning them into stars. They further predict that the young Universe had two phases: in the first phase, high-speed outflows from black holes accelerated the star formation process, and in the second phase, the outflows slowed down. Scientists expect that future Webb observations of more precise counts of stars and supermassive black holes in the early Universe will help confirm their calculations and reveal more information about the process of galaxy formation.