Interstellar gas is composed mainly of
A) only hydrogen.
B) 10% hydrogen, 90% helium by numbers of atoms.
C) 90% hydrogen, 9% helium by weight.
D) some hydrogen, but mainly carbon dioxide.
E) ammonia, methane, and water vapor.
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