New research suggests decaying dark matter may be the "secret ingredient" behind the early existence of supermassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope. (AI-generated image for representation:OpenAI)

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a growing number of supermassive black holes in the early universe, appearing much earlier than many existing formation models had predicted.

These supermassive black holes – objects with masses of millions to billions of suns – have been observed as early as around 500 million years after the Big Bang.…