spatially flat, expands to infinity
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.
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 70
10 km/s/Mpc, but its value is widely debated.)
These values of
and
lead to a moderately aged universe.