The Elastic Universe Model
CWSF · 2026 Aerospace
Overview
Have you noticed how a rubber band resists and wants to get back to its equilibrium state when you stretch it? What if our universe behaved the same way? The current most likely fate of our universe is called the "Big Freeze" or the "Heat Death", where it continues to expand until everything spreads out and cools down, and eventually it becomes dark and dead (NASA, 2023). But what would happen if our universe behaved differently than it does today? What if it resisted expansion like a rubber band? I came up with a new version of the Friedmann equations, the equations that describe the expansion of the universe, and added a new term called the "elastic term" to describe my idea mathematically. Eventually, based on my modified equation, I predicted that my elastic universe would end in a Big Crunch, where it snaps back into a singularity.
Awards (1)
- Selected for CWSF 2026
Competition history
- CWSF 2026
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