spatially closed, recollapses in finite time


Below is a plot of the time evolution of the cosmic scale factor. The filled dot represents where we are on this plot at the present time. Even though this universe has a positive cosmological constant, the attractive gravity of a large amount of mass and energy cause it recollapse.


The age of the universe for a given value of and depends on the value of that we measure observationally. Below is a plot of the age of the universe vs. . ( is believed to be 7010 km/s/Mpc, but its value is widely debated.)


These values of and lead to an extremely young universe.