An iron core cannot support a massive main-sequence star because iron
A) has low nuclear binding energy.
B) is not present in stellar interiors.
C) supplies too much pressure.
D) fusion occurs only in a degenerate core.
E) cannot generate energy when fusing heavier nuclei.
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