Astronomy: Lack of Population III Stars

A fantastic challenge to the Big Bang Theory is the fact that no Population III stars. or even remnants of them, have ever been found in the universe.

Population III stars are the stars which supposedly formed first after the Big Bang. According to Evolutionists, these stars were composed only of the very lightest elements: hydrogen, helium, and traces of lithium. When some of these stars ended in supernovae, heavier elements were produced. Stars containing these new somewhat heavier elements, known as Population II stars, in turn ended in supernovae, and produced stars like our sun. The resulting Population I stars are virtually the only stars we observe. Only a very small percent of stars in the universe consist of merely light elements (Population II stars).

However, not one star has been found to consist of only the elements which would have formed immediately following the Big Bang. There should be a good deal of these stars still existing, because even according to the Evolutionary timescale, the universe has only been around for 15 billion years!

Nor have the remains of these Population III stars been observed. Supernovae have always been found to have originated from Population I stars, and rarely, Population II stars. Black holes should likewise litter the galaxies; but less than a dozen are known.

If the Big Bang had occurred, Population III stars and their remnants should in fact be the most common stars around. Yet absolutely none exist.


-R. Josiah Magnuson