Stellar nucleosynthesis is the creation (nucleosynthesis) of chemical elements by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. Stellar nucleosynthesis has occurred since the original creation of hydrogen, ...

Nucleosynthesis encompasses the network of nuclear reactions that forge the elements within stars and during stellar death. In the cores of main-sequence stars, hydrogen burning via the proton–proton ...

Stellar nucleosynthesis is the process by which stars forge elements inside their cores. The only element not formed in this way is hydrogen, the most abundant and lightest element in the universe: it ...