Cosmic bubble

Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAOs) – the “sound of the Big Bang” – support the idea of a local vacuum. Credit: Gabriela Saccara, Perimeter Institute

New hypothesis: Earth may be inside a giant cosmic bubble that distorts the universe

According to a new hypothesis by astronomers, Earth — and the entire Milky Way galaxy — may reside inside a giant, matter-poor hollow region about a billion light-years across. This region creates the illusion of