Submitted by omigodd t3_yj0y9t in askscience
XJDenton t1_iun6zo7 wrote
Reply to comment by tea_and_biology in Why didn't heavier atoms originate in the Big Bang? by omigodd
>subsequent fusion to get up to iron, and then supernovae for everything else.
Minor clarification: you do get elements heavier than iron from non-supernova stars via the s-process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-process
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-process#/media/File:Nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg
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