If the final element to be fused in a star is iron, where does everything after that come from?

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If the final element to be fused in a star is iron, where does everything after that come from?

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anything heavier than Iron will be the result of a supernova

when the core collapses from the attempt to fuse into Iron it momentarily becomes able to to restart fusion, however by then its too late and the reaction is extremely violent resulting in the supernova.

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