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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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A bright green comet may be visible with the naked eye starting later this month

Comet C/2022 E3 was first spotted last year and will draw nearest to the Earth in early February.

3 months ago

Lunar module pilot Walt Cunningham performs flight tasks on the ninth day of the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. (NASA)
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NASA Apollo astronaut Walt Cunningham has died at age 90

Cunningham piloted the first manned Apollo mission, a key step in the drive to reach the moon, but he never flew in space again.

3 months ago

A total lunar eclipse graces the night skies during the first blood moon of the year, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
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A total lunar eclipse is happening Tuesday — and it won’t happen again for 3 years

A total lunar eclipse happens when the moon falls completely in the Earth's shadow.

5 months ago

Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)
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NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

6 months ago

Edwin Diaz of the New York Mets and musician Timmy Trumpet pose for a photo before a game between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field in New York City on Aug. 30. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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This trumpet-fueled walk-on song is professional baseball’s latest craze

"Narco," a dance hit by Australian musician Timmy Trumpet and the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx, is the walk-on music for star relief pitcher Edwin Diaz.

6 months ago

This illustration shows the DART spacecraft approaching the two asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos, with a small observing spacecraft nearby. (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)
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Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA crashed into an asteroid to test planetary defense

In images streamed as the impact neared, the egg-shaped asteroid, called Dimorphos, grew in size from a blip on screen to have its full rocky surface come quickly into focus.

6 months ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson's latest book,
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Cosmic perspectives with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson writes, "Objective truths of science are not founded in belief systems. They are not established by the authority of leaders or the power of persuasion."

Air Date: September 20, 2022 10:00 am

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A black-and-white photo of President Kennedy speaking in the midst of a large crowd.
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How space exploration has changed, 60 years since JFK’s ‘We Choose the Moon’ speech

On the anniversary of President Kennedy's speech on the race to the moon, we look at dramatic advances in U.S. space science, from commercial flights to the Webb telescope.

7 months ago

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
Science

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

NASA has called off its second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak.

7 months ago

Moiya McTier is the author of The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy. (photo/Mindy Tucker)
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An autobiography of the Milky Way

A new book is written from the witty, sharp, sometimes self-indulgent perspective of our Milky Way galaxy, detailing what it's like to look down on tiny planet Earth.

Air Date: August 30, 2022 10:00 am

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Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. (John W. Young/NASA)
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NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there.

7 months ago

The Allen Telescope Array at SETI Institute. (Seth Shostak/SETI Institute)
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‘All or nothing’: Scientists search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out

8 months ago

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Image of gas clouds in space
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The James Webb telescope had 344 ‘single point failures’ before launch. Then, success

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope, shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

8 months ago

The edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula
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The Webb Telescope and the mysteries of the universe

The Webb Telescope is allowing us to look back further into our past than ever before and revealing distant galaxies. exoplanets, cosmic cliffs, dying stars and much more.

Air Date: July 14, 2022 10:00 am

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The bright star at the center of NGC 3132, Southern Nebula Ring
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NASA’s James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies

Thanks to the telescope's deep and sharp infrared images, Earthlings are getting a more detailed look at distant galaxies than was ever possible.

9 months ago

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