Multiple Choice
Essentially all the elements heavier than iron in our Milky Way were formed:
A) by supernovae
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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