how were the heavy elements from iron to uranium made?

Question: how were the heavy elements from iron to uranium made?
- Keywords:
  heavy elements,
  iron,
  uranium
Asked by anon-208409 to Tori, Titus, Stuart, Hannah, Gill, Alessandro on 5 Mar 2019.
- Hannah Dalgleish answered on 5 Mar 2019:
  
  Most of the elements are made by stars. For the elements between iron and rubidium, they are made by stars exploding. The elements heavier than rubidium are formed differently, for example by the merging of neutron stars (super dense stars made up of neutrons).
- Stuart Higgins answered on 8 Mar 2019:
  
  +1 Hannah

Question: how were the heavy elements from iron to uranium made?