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The Universe started out with hydrogen and helium and a few other elements, but all around us, there are other, more proton-rich elements. We believe these heavier elements formed in stars, but which stars? And at what points in their lives? Today we’ll update our knowledge with the latest science.
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Show Notes
- Stellar nucleosynthesis (Wikipedia)
- Stellar Nucleosynthesis: How Stars Make All of the Elements (Thought.co)
- Stellar Nucleosynthesis (Astronomy Notes)
- Stellar nucleosynthesis (Science Daily)
- Stellar nucleosynthesis (Philosophy of Cosmology)
- Nucleosynthesis (NASA’s Cosmicopia)
- Nuclear fusion (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Proton–proton chain reaction (Science Learning Hub)
- CNO cycle (Wikipedia)
- Deuterium fusion (Hyperphysics)
- Helium fusion (Hyperphysics)
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