From ScienceDaily:
The field of astrophysics has a stubborn problem and it’s called lithium. The quantities of lithium predicted to have resulted from the Big Bang are not actually present in stars. But the calculations are correct – a fact which has now been confirmed for the first time in experiments conducted at the underground laboratory in the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy. As part of an international team, researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) studied how much lithium forms under Big Bang conditions.
Lithium (atomic number 3) is the lightest known metal, solid at room temperature, used in alloys for aircraft manufacture. (It is also used in the treatment of manic disorders.)
With these new results, what is known as the “lithium problem” remains a hard nut to crack: on the one hand, now all laboratory results of the astrophysicists suggest that the theory of primordial nucleosynthesis is correct. On the other hand, many observations of astronomers show that the oldest stars in our Milky Way contain only half as much lithium-7 as predicted. Sensational reports by Swedish researchers, who discovered clearly more lithium-6 in such stars than predicted, must also likely be checked again based on the new LUNA data. Bemmerer says, “Should unusual lithium concentrations be observed in the future, we know, thanks to the new measurements, that it cannot be due to the primordial nucleosynthesis.”
It sounds like a fun problem, actually, dare we say—a lighter moment?
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” used in alloys for aircraft manufacture. (It is also used in the treatment of manic disorders.)”
Isn’t it also at the heart of lithium ion batteries? This certainly is the best known use for the substance.
Maybe the Big Bang is just a silly religious myth and the precise concentration of lithium in the universe was designed.
Or maybe the big bang actually happened, and the precise concentration of lithium in the universe was designed.
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“Or maybe the big bang actually happened, and the precise concentration of lithium in the universe was designed.”
That would be my bet. In fact, as a soon to be released video will reveal,,,,
,,, it is found, when scrutinizing the details of chemistry, that not only is the universe finely-tuned for life, but that the universe is finely-tuned for life like human life:
Of note: ‘The Privileged Species’ video will be an excellent companion video to the previously released ‘The Privileged Planet’ video
The Privileged Planet – video playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ohuG3Vj_48&list=PLbzQ4aXdqWD-9kjFsSm-cxNlzgrkJuko7
As to nucleo-synthesis in general, nucleo-synthesis is a fascinating process to learn about,,,
The delicate balance at which carbon, the building block of life, is synthesized in stars is truly a work of art. Fred Hoyle (1915-2001), a famed astrophysicist, is the scientist who established the nucleo-synthesis of heavier elements within stars as mathematically valid in 1946. Hoyle is said to have converted from staunch atheism into being a Theist/Deist after discovering the precise balance at which carbon is synthesized in stars.
Years after Sir Fred discovered the stunning precision with which carbon is synthesized in stars he stated:
Fred Hoyle also stated:
Also of interest to the nucleo-synthesis of carbon, the building block of life, ‘unexpected roundness’ is found in both the geometry of the sun and in the geometry of the ‘buckyball’ carbon molecule:
Supplemental note:
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The lithium problem is one evidence against the Big Bang. One can say “Well, maybe this….” or “maybe that…”, or one could just say “God superintended in this matter”, but the lithium problem as it stands, is evidence against the Big Bang. The evidence just does not fit what the theory predicts.
Astronomer Dr. Danny Faulkner explains why this is indeed a problem for Big Bang Believing crowd here:
https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/age-of-the-universe/the-primordial-lithium-problem/
And here is a recent article entitled “A Biblical Creationist Cosmology” written by Dr. John Hartnett:
https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/starlight/a-biblical-creationist-cosmogony/This is an effort to deal with the starlight time travel problem that exists in a young earth scenario.