The Trinity test on July 16, 1945, marked the first demonstration of the devastating power of atomic energy, fundamentally altering the course of human history. The enormous amount of energy released ...

When the U.S. military detonated the world's first nuclear weapon near New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert in 1945, people living in the nearby areas were exposed to harmful radiation. Weeks later, ...

The nuclear era began 80 years ago today, with the Trinity Test. Preparations for this day in history, July 16, 1945, began in January that year. Even without a field test, Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, ...

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