Earth possibly trapped in a gigantic void
Turns out, we could be living in a huge empty patch of the universe—basically a massive cosmic void.
This idea comes from Indranil Banik and his team at the University of Portsmouth, who say this might finally explain the long-standing "Hubble tension," or why scientists keep getting different results when measuring how fast the universe is expanding.
Understanding the 'Hubble tension'
The "Hubble tension" is a big deal in astronomy—it's about two ways of measuring the universe's expansion that just don't match up.
Banik's research suggests that if we're inside a giant void, it could mess with those measurements and clear up some confusion.
Their findings challenge what we thought we knew about how matter is spread out across space, and more research is on the way to see if this cosmic twist really holds up.