How are atoms made? A thread

In this thread I will show you how the different elements are made, it is pretty cool!

Let's start this thread with showing how an atom looks like.

An atom has 3 different components protons, electrons and neutrons. In the middle of an atom we can find the nucleus made out of protons and neutrons. The cloud around the nucleus are made of electrons.

There are many different atoms all with different amounts of protons and electrons. The complete list of different atoms are found in the well know periodic table.

At the top we find the smaller atoms and below we find the large atoms with a lot of protons, electrons

Now we see common elements at the top like carbon, oxygen, iron etc. But gold we instinctively know is a rare metal and this element is found more towards the bottom. So why are some elements more rare than others?

The answer lies in the creation of these elements.