New scientific modeling reveals the shocking distances needed to survive a nuclear bomb explosion and its devastating effects ...

When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New ...

Eighty years ago today, at 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history ...

Trinity "downwinders" of New Mexico exposed to the first ever nuclear explosion are receiving recognition and compensation 80 ...

Brig. Gen. Leslie Groves: After arriving at the Alamogordo base camp on July 15, a brief review of the situation with Oppenheimer revealed that we might be in trouble. The bomb had been assembled and ...

New revelations leave little doubt about the return of American B61 bombs and nuclear strike mission to RAF Lakenheath.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will mark the 80th anniversary of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, which took place in ...

Explore the Trinity nuclear test's historical significance, its role in WWII, and the ongoing implications of nuclear weapons ...

Alamogordo. The test marked a significant turning point in World War II that left impacts across New Mexico and around the world.

More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...

On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time, humanity entered the nuclear age with a blinding flash of light in the New ...

On July 16, 1945, the United States detonated the first nuclear bomb in New Mexico on what’s now the White Sands Missile Range. About 40 miles away from the Trinity test site, a group of girls at a ...