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Stars combine Hydrogen to make Helium during nuclear fusion. Living things are made of heavier elements like Carbon, Oxygen, Iron, and Calcium. How did these elements form?

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They were formed in the nuclear fusion reaction inside older stars.

As a star burns, fusion reactions inside its core create heavier elements. Those materials are released when the star dies of old age in an explosion.
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