India had a nuclear research programme at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, months before the US’ test. Eight ...

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

For weeks, fires and explosions have been reported almost daily in Iran. Officials are investigating what they think is a ...

(OSV News) — Religious communities can “contribute to the global architecture of disarmament and restraint” in several “specific ways” that foster dialogue, prevention and accountability, said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mary Riseley walked through glowing rows of luminarias looking for her mother's name at a vigil for New Mexico downwinders Wednesday, 80 years to the day after the first nuclear bomb test. As dark ...

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

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 ...