Astronomers have found evidence of molecular nitrogen in the clouds of gas between the Earth and a distant star. The chemistry involved in the formation of these diffuse clouds might need to be rethought.
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Snow, T. Molecular nitrogen in space. Nature 429, 615–616 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/429615a
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