What are the two most common elements found in stars?

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Oscar L.
Apr 14, 2016

Hydrogen and helium.

Explanation:

Hydrogen and helium were the overwhelming majority of elements formed in the Big Bang itself. They have far outranked other elements ever since, with hydrogen coming first by a large margin.

Stars have been fusing the hydrogen and helium to make the heavier elements we all know and love, but that has affected only a small portion (up to now, anyway) of the primordial mixture of mostly hydrogen and helium.

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