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 ...

The world changed 70 years ago Thursday, when scientists in New Mexico successfully tested the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo.Though the success of the Trinity Test is a scientific milestone, some ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The 80th anniversary of the Trinity Site test of the world’s first atomic bomb was marked this past week. The test at Trinity Site — now in the northern part of White Sands ...

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 Trinity Test was the first nuclear explosion in history. On July 16, 1945, Los Alamos scientists set off the first atomic bomb in New Mexico’s desert. That test is part of a legacy of weapons ...

Seven decades after an atomic bomb helped end World War II, descendants of families near a New Mexico test want tourists to know residents suffered for years afterward and some of their children may ...

FARGO — During the final seconds of the countdown, most of the observers in the New Mexico desert laid down with their feet toward a firing tower that rose 100 feet above the Alamogordo Bombing and ...

Color photo of the mushroom cloud from the Trinity Test in 1945, taken by Jack Aeby Eighty years ago Wednesday, on July 16, 1945, the world changed forever when the first atomic bomb was detonated in ...

Radioactive glass left over from the first ever test of a nuclear bomb is providing scientists with clues about the formation of Earth’s Moon. This glassy bomb byproduct is revealing how certain ...

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 ...