Join us as we visit the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Site, a pivotal location in WWII history. This site, only open to the public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles ...

This color photograph of the test was taken by Jack Aeby. On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 am, the first atomic bomb in history was detonated at what is now White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The ...

At 5. 29am on July 16, 1945, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear device at the Trinity test site in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert. The explosion marked the beginning of the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. On the evening of July 16, 1945, President Harry S. Truman was at ...

The sun was rising as a teenage boy swung a metal wand back and forth, back and forth. The Geiger counter hanging at his waist clicked, testifying to the radiation streaming from the ground and ...

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This July 16, 1945, photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico. (AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Transported in the backseat of a blacked-out Plymouth sedan ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — When a flash of light beamed from the arid New Mexico desert early on July 16, 1945, residents of the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa felt windows shake and heard dishes fall.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In the last two years of nuclear negotiations between the United States ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The movie about a man who changed the course of the world’s history by shepherding the development of the first atomic bomb is expected to be a blockbuster, dramatic and full of ...

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," released July 21, fixes its gaze on the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer, who coordinated the Manhattan Project, which ultimately led to the US using two nuclear ...