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Nitrogen and oxygen are among the most common elements in the universe, formed by nuclear fusion in the cores of stars.

These elements, or at least compounds of them, are present in the nebula that collapses to form a solar system. After a planet forms, nitrogen and carbon dioxide are released by volcanic activity.

Earth is the only known planet with notable amounts of free oxygen in the atmosphere. This is the result of photosynthesis (plants and algae processing water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen).

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