What moves the heavens above?

The standard cosmological model ($\Lambda CDM$) assumes that everything started in a singular Big Bang out of Cosmic Inflation, mysterious form modern Aether (the inflaton). Here we look for direct observational evidence such beginning two recent measurements: 1) cosmic acceleration, something $\Lambda CDM$ attributes to Dark Energy (DE), 2) discordant measurements $H_0$ and anomalies the CMB. We find here observed variations correspond large metric perturbations are not consistent with simplest models Inflation or DE paradigm. Together, these observations indicate instead expansion could originate from simple gravitational collapse bounce. conjecture bounce is trigger by neutron degeneracy at GeV energies. This new paradigm explains heavens above using only known laws Physics, without any Aether, Inflation.