Environment

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A solar powered guardian device under development at NASA is meant to push a threatening asteroid off course, and away from Earth. It is part of a new planetary defense effort by the federal space agency against threats from asteroids, comets and other inbound objects. (Image from NASA)

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Ryan Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, walks through the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The leader of a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says the activists have no immediate plans to leave. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Ammon Bundy, center, speaks with a reporter at a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Bundy, the leader of an armed group occupying the national wildlife refuge to protest federal land management policies, said Friday he and his followers are not ready to leave even though the sheriff and many locals say the group has overstayed their welcome. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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LaVoy Finicum, center, a rancher from Arizona, speaks to reporters as his family looks on, left, during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Ammon Bundy, the leader of a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says the activists have no immediate plans to leave. Bundy spoke to reporters Friday, a day after meeting with a local sheriff who asked the group to go. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference at the New York Transit Museum detailing improvement plans for a five-year, $29 billion upgrade to the transit system, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, in New York. The plan includes subway station countdown clocks, improved signal technology and replacement subway cars. Thirty stations will be completely overhauled. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Cowboy Dwane Ehmer, of Irrigon Ore., a supporter of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, rides his horse at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Three Oregon sheriffs met with leaders of an armed group to try to persuade them to end their occupation of the federal wildlife refuge after many local residents made it plain that's what they want. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Artwork by a Norfolk tattoo artist at Smarthmouth Brewing Co. reflects the galactic spirit of the times. (Eric Althoff)

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Artwork by a Norfolk tattoo artist at Smarthmouth Brewing Co. reflects the galactic spirit of the times. (Eric Althoff)

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Artwork by a Norfolk tattoo artist at Smarthmouth Brewing Co. reflects the galactic spirit of the times. (Eric Althoff)

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War games: The Korea Meteorological Administration measured seismic waves in North Korea after leader Kim Jung Un (inset) said his country conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test Wednesday. (Associated Press photographs)

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Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson speaks in Orlando, Fla., on Sept 23, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA, Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency wished the people of Earth a Happy New Year. Kelly is 9 months into a year-long mission, Kopra and Peake arrived Dec. 15 to begin a six-month mission.

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Protesters gaze from a watch tower at the National Wildlife headquarters in Burns, Oregon.

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A member of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters conducts a tour with the media Monday near Burns, Oregon. The group calls itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom and has sent a "demand for redress" to local, state and federal officials. (Associated Press photographs)