Essentially All the Elements Heavier Than Iron in Our Milky

question 22

Multiple Choice

Essentially all the elements heavier than iron in our Milky Way were formed

• A) by supernovae or neutron star mergers.
• B) during the formation of black holes.
• C) by fusion in the cores of the most massive main-sequence stars.
• D) during the formation of planetary nebulae.
• E) during the initial stages of the Big Bang.

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