Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim

Milky way artists impression.

Astronomers have found what they claim is fresh evidence that Earth and our Milky Way galaxy are suspended inside a gigantic void that's skewing our observations of the cosmos.

The radical proposal, made by analyzing echoes of the Big Bang, suggests that our galaxy may be floating in a 2 billion-light-year region that's 20% less dense than average.