Model Universes
Text Box: Size scale of the universe
Size scale of the universe
Time
r < rc => universe will expand forever
r > rc => universe will collapse back
If the density of matter equaled the critical density, then the curvature of space-time by the matter would be just-so sufficient to make the geometry of the universe flat!
Text Box: r = rc => Flat universe
r = rc => Flat universe
Maximum age of the universe:
~ 1/H0 
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