Assertion: c's value | /r/CapableOf | force the universe
Facets:
value: into a peculiar closed geometry
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The higher value meant that an expanding universe would have an age of 2 billion years (younger than the Age of the Earth) and extrapolating the observed number density of galaxies to a rapidly expanding universe implied a mass density that was too high by a similar factor, enough to force the universe into a peculiar closed geometry which also implied an impending Big Crunch that would occur on a similar time-scale.