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Mainly hydrogen, with small of helium, ammonia, methane and other trace gasses. Also, a lot of dust.

Some of the hydrogen may be primordial, remnants from the Big Bang that we believe created the universe. But all of the heavier elements (and some of the hydrogen) are the remnants of old supernova explosions, the ejecta from the destruction of the original stars.

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