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Scientists know of 91 "natural" elements and several additional elements that have been created in the laboratory. It's likely that many of the "artificial" elements do exist, at least momentarily, in the aftermath of supernova explosions where even exceptionally heavy elements are thought to be created, but with half-lives that cause them to decay to nothingness before they actually get far enough from the star to be detected.

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