According to astronomers, the earth is trapped inside a gigantic cosmic vacuum in the universe

A discovery that could resolve a major controversy of modern science. Moreover, According to a team of astronomers from the University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom). Furthermore, our planet and the whole Milky Way float in a gigantic cosmic vacuum, a billion light years old.

Presented in a study published in June 2025. In addition. Nevertheless, relayed by an article in Science Focus, the theory of researchers presents itself as a “promising solution” to explain the tension of Hubble, one of the greatest mysteries of modern astronomy.

Hubble tension. Moreover. Similarly, a difference in measures of the expansion of the universe – According astronomers, earth trapped inside – According astronomers, earth trapped inside new

As an article in digital explains, this mystery concerns the speed of expansion of the universe and more specifically the difference between the different measures of this expansion rate depending according astronomers, earth trapped inside new on whether these measures are made in a more or less distant space.

Concretely. Consequently. For example, scientists who have according astronomers, earth trapped inside looked into the issue in recent decades have found that when they measure the expansion rate by observing the distant universe, it is about 10% lower than the value they obtain by examining our local corner of the cosmos.

The universe would grow 10% faster in our nearby environment – According astronomers. earth trapped inside

This would therefore amount to saying that the universe. Consequently, “grows” 10% faster in our near environment than in its most distant corners. Similarly, So far unexplained. this anomaly could actually be a direct consequence of a singular position of our galaxy in the topography of. the universe.

“A potential solution to this inconsistency is that our galaxy is close to the center of a large local vacuum. ” said Dr. Indranil according astronomers, earth trapped inside new Banik, one of the authors of the study mentioned above. Far from being uniform. the cosmos is indeed dotted with vacuum zones called “local”. sometimes immense, which exercise a movement according astronomers, earth trapped inside on their near environment.

The Milky Way in the heart of a cosmic vacuum?

As Science Focus sums it up. “the regions surrounding the void have a higher galaxies density. their gravitational attraction slowly pushes the galaxies located inside the vacuum towards the edge, which slowly empties the region over time”.

According to the study conducted by astronomers from the University of Portsmouth. we would therefore find ourselves at the heart of a cosmic vacuum. slowly pushed backwards but surely to the outside of the area. According to the researchers, this continuous movement is also directly responsible for the difference in measuring the tension of Hubble.

Hubble’s tension, the result of an illusion created by the repulsion according astronomers, earth trapped inside new force?

“As the void is formed. the speed of objects moving away from us would be greater than if the void did not exist,” said Dr. Banik to illustrate this discrepancy. Thus. the repulsion exercised according astronomers. earth trapped inside by the void in which we bathed would give us the illusion, at the local level, that the universe extends faster than it does.

According to the calculations of scientists. to explain the 10% difference in Hubble tension. this void area in which we find ourselves without being aware of it should be around a billion light years, with a density of galaxies less than 20% to the average of the universe.

Imprints that indicates that we bathe in the void

To achieve these conclusions. the researchers studied the Baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAO). fluctuations caused by pressure waves dating from Big Bang and observable today thanks to the imprints they have left according astronomers, earth trapped inside new in the structures of the universe.

By studying the evolution of these BAOs according to several models of astronomical configuration. with more. less empty, astronomers have reached the conclusion that “the model without vacuum offers the worst adjustment in according astronomers, earth trapped inside almost all cases”. According to researchers, these results could “indicate a local void” in which our galaxy is located.