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Do We Live in a Giant Cosmic Bubble? If the notion of dark energy sounds improbable, get ready for an even more outlandish suggestion.Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this condition could account for the apparent acceleration of the universe's expansion, for which dark energy currently is the leading explanation Dark energy is the name given to the hypothetical force that could bedrawing all the stuff in the universe outward at an ever-increasing rate. Current thinking is that 74 percent of the universe could be made up of this exotic dark energy, with another 21 percent being dark matter, and normal matter comprising the remaining 5 percent.