The Universe Awakens with a Strange Glow
Before galaxies, planets, or suns like ours existed, gravity began to concentrate matter into incandescent knots over 13 billion years ago. The first lights of the universe were hybrid monsters, stars born with a black hole inside. These cosmic hybrids mixed the impossible, shining brightly billions of light-years away. They were energy factories of the universe, operating through gravitational accretion instead of nuclear fusion like current stars. These objects observed by Webb could represent the missing link between the first gas clouds and supermassive black holes in galaxies. The BH* were cosmic wombs, giving birth to giants that inhabit galaxies. If confirmed, they could accelerate the cosmic evolutionary process. The first night of the universe ended in fire, with stars shining with the heart of a black hole.
