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'Great Enough to Blow Any City Off the Map': On Site at the First Nuclear Explosion
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 ...
The grueling 135-mile journey of a 66-year-old runner through one of the hottest places on Earth
When the running gets hard in this desert dubbed ''hell on Earth,'' Danny Westergaard tells himself: ''Slow and steady'' or ''smooth as butter.'' ...
How Collin Sexton is rapidly casting large shadow despite short tenure with Hornets
The veteran is beyond thrilled to be with Charlotte and has incorporated himself into his new organization in a matter of ...
Largest Martian meteorite sells for a whopping $5.3M at auction: ‘Geological time capsule from another world’
This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did ...
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First atomic bomb test conducted in N.M. 80 years ago today still affects site
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 ...
What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles
The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.
Israel didn’t give permits to these Bedouin villages to build bomb shelters. So they built their own
When sirens wail in the southern Israeli desert to herald an incoming missile, Ahmad Abu Ganima’s family scrambles outside.
Fenerbahce & Man Utd set for direct talks as Mourinho eyes reunion with ‘unstoppable’ star
Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly keen to reunite with his old Manchester United pupil Marcus Rashford.This is ...