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Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) orbits the Earth around
200, 0000 miles and is studying the edge the solar system. IBEX has
made some interesting discoveries about the make up of interstellar
gases. One of the biggest surprises is that there
is less oxygen interstellar gases as compared to other gases like
neon than in the solar system.
The reason why this is the case is still a puzzle but it is
consistent with the creation science principle that the Earth and Solar
System are special. This principle is further supported by huge
differences between the Solar System and the known planetary systems
around other stars. These extrasolar planets also support the idea
the the Earth is special since these other planets tend to be super
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