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Why have few, if any, stars with greater than about 120 solar masses ever been detected?

(a)   Because very massive protostars rapidly develop extremely high temperatures and the resultant UV and visible light repels further gas and prevents further build-up of mass onto the star.
(b)   Because the mass of material within the original giant molecular clouds never exceeds this mass.
(c)   Because protostars of this mass take a very long time to heat up and produce visible light and the universe has not existed for long enough for these stars to become visible.
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