Trinity at 81: How the first atomic test ushered in the nuclear age

In 1945, the Trinity test signified the beginning of the nuclear age and marked the successful output of the Manhattan ...
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81 years ago today, a 21-kiloton test in the New Mexico desert gave humanity the power to destroy itself — and in the eight decades since, no two nuclear-armed po…

On July 16, 1945, in a stretch of New Mexico desert called the Jornada del Muerto, scientists of the Manhattan Project ...
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'Extreme' crystal that formed in 1945 nuclear bomb test is unlike anything scientists have seen

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On a dark July morning in ...
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Bad actors use bogus offers to go after payouts to families affected by first atomic bomb test

Scam artists are targeting the $100,000 now available to eligible New Mexico victims of radiation exposure dating back to the ...
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The Trinity Nuclear Test Created a Never-Before-Seen Material

A team of geologists at the University of Florence, Italy, identified a novel clathrate that formed during the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert. It's a material never ...
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Striking New Views of the First Atomic Bomb Test

Editor's note: If you'd like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent choice. That was the moment when human ...