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What process in stars creates new elements of nuclear fusion?
nucleosynthesis
neutron capture
nuclear fission
radioactive decay
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Nucleosynthesis — specifically stellar nucleosynthesis (nuclear fusion in stars) — creates new elements.
(Neutron capture — the s- and r-processes — also builds many of the heaviest elements, but the general creation of elements in stars is called nucleosynthesis.)
(Neutron capture — the s- and r-processes — also builds many of the heaviest elements, but the general creation of elements in stars is called nucleosynthesis.)
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