common_sensei t1_iyitwo6 wrote
Molecular oxygen is 21% of the atmosphere on Earth thanks to the presence of life. There are many geological processes that remove molecular oxygen, so without life replenishing it it would go away over a relatively short geological timeframe.
There are some ways to maintain molecular oxygen in an atmosphere without life getting involved, but as far as we know that much molecular oxygen in an atmosphere is rare in the universe.
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