The James Webb Space Telescope discovers unexpected supermassive black holes in the early universe. These black holes formed too quickly for conventional models to explain. According to the standard theory, black holes form after the collapse of stars not before. However, in the early universe, there wasn't enough time for stars to form, evolve, die, and produce black holes. Unless we've been thinking about it backwards. What if black holes don't form from stars? What if stars form around black