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Today I learned about the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen fusion cycle:

https://www.britannica.com/science/CNO-cycle

Apparently you don't create oxygen in stars by smashing two beryllium together.

Edit: interestingly, this article provides a different path, claiming C + He = O

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1727-how-elements-...