Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. AP/Wide World Photos ...

In the 1950s the American public accepted above-ground nuclear bomb blasts just 65 miles from Las Vegas as part of the Cold ...

Editor’s note: If you’d like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent choice. That was the moment when human ...

The Trinity test’s legacy endures in New Mexico as the U.S. moves to expand nuclear weapons production amid health concerns ...

Join us as we visit the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Site, a pivotal location in WWII history. This site, only open to the public twice a year, marks the spot where the first atomic bomb was detonated in ...

Recently, footage has circulated on social media that appears to document one of the most unusual nuclear tests of the Cold War: the live detonation of a tactical atomic bomb dropped from a ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — People who lived near the site of the first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert and later developed cancer and other health problems need to be compensated, a U.S.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Two months after what is widely believed to have been a nuclear test by North Korea, the radioactive particles to prove it have yet to be detected, suggesting the communist state is ...

The first atomic bomb is detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The successful test paved the way for the ...

A scientific paper was presented on social media by conspiracy theorists (atomic bomb deniers) who claim that the atomic ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. THE FIRST NUCLEAR reactor on earth went critical 2 billion years ago in ...