WHY IS THERE NO OXYGEN IN SPACE ?

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Earth exerts a gravitational pull on the gases present in the atmosphere. Due to this pull, gases like oxygen are present on earth. In space there is nothing to hold oxygen. Therefore, there is no oxygen in space.

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