A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.

That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a ...

We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn was torn open at 5:29 am on 16 July 1945, it was, without a doubt, a pivotal moment in humanity's ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like ...

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

HIROSHIMA--Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko ...

Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion (Image: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) With the war in Iran re-igniting fears of WW3 ...