"One of the most fundamental properties of the Universe is its density, or more usefully the ratio Ω = ρ/ρc of the density to the critical value required for closure. The feeling among cosmologists is that the Universe is open, with Ω perhaps in the range 0.1–0.5 (see ref. 1)." This would make it's density lower than 1, therefore making it's negative curve to an open universe. If it's value "was" or is equal to 1, it would turn up to a flat..