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Can stars less massive than our sun produce elements up to iron?

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Answer:After the hydrogen in the star's core is exhausted, the star can fuse helium to form progressively heavier elements, carbon and oxygen and so on, until iron and nickel are formed. ... Supernova explosions result when the cores of massive stars have exhausted their fuel supplies and burned everything into iron and nickel.

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