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chemical synthesis proton-proton chain inhomogeneous nucleosynthesis hypothesis CNO cycle nuclear fusion fusion reactor nuclear energy What’s the Difference Between Planets and Stars?thermonuclear reaction

Key People

Margaret Burbidge

British astronomer

William Fowler

American astrophysicist