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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 ...
Alamogordo. The test marked a significant turning point in World War II that left impacts across New Mexico and around the world.
New scientific modeling reveals the shocking distances needed to survive a nuclear bomb explosion and its devastating effects.
Explore the Trinity nuclear test's historical significance, its role in WWII, and the ongoing implications of nuclear weapons ...
More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...
The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945.
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On July 16, 1945, the first successful test of the atomic bomb was conducted in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is calling on churches across the nation to mark the “somber milestone” of the 80th anniversary ...
When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New Mexico desert recognized they were playing with fire. Physicist Enrico Fermi ...
The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.
Downwinders, public officials and advocates gathered at Stallion Gate, where a new historical marker recognizes the toll of ...
It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert.