In the 1920s, Edwin Hubble noticed: distant galaxies are fleeing, the faster the farther they are — the Universe is expanding. The acceleration was attributed to dark energy. But a new model offers an alternative: our world is a cosmic predator, consuming infant universes from quantum foam. Each absorption adds volume, speeding up growth — like a predator bulks up with each prey.

This naturally explains the change in expansion rate: it shows in the reddening light of galaxies (redshift), supernova explosions, and the afterglow of the Big Bang (cosmic microwave background). The 'Hubble tension' — the discrepancy between local measurements by Adam Riess and predictions from the early Universe — is resolved. The idea isn't new: Stephen Hawking pondered quantum birth of worlds; now the model rests on quantum field theory and string theory. Gravity — mere spacetime curvature — describes motion in this feast. Even dark matter doesn't clash.

A surprising detail: calculations show mergers may occur every few seconds, each event imperceptibly stretching space.