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Why can't stars fuse Iron?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Are These Heavy Elements Made Any Other Way?

It's almost entirely supernova and neutron star mergers. And so when you merge it together to make gold or platinum or plutonium, it gets credited on the account of the original star. Stars are like factories for turning hydrogen into heavier stuff,. But they can only do that sustainably up to about iron.

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