The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site simulation explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945. The ...
A bright, blinding light flashed above New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945. The thunderous roar that followed jolted 14-year-old Jess Gililland awake on the porch of ...
We are amidst the 80th anniversary of three solemn days in world history, calling us to action for the sake of all life on earth. Wednesday marks 80 years since Trinity, the first detonation of a ...
Trinity had a big impact on the total amount of radioactive fallout in the U.S. One of the only existing color images of the Trinity test. July 16, 1945. Photo: Jack W. Aeby/U.S. Department of Energy ...
At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexican desert. It was bright, hot, and loud. Scientists and military personnel crouched nearby in ...
When the first atomic bomb exploded on July 16, 1945, at 5:29 AM, the world did not immediately change, but it would never be the same again. On July 16, 1945, the immense destructive power of nuclear ...
A number of social media posts in August 2025 shared a story about the civilian aftermath of America's rush to create the atomic bomb in 1945. According to the posts, a group of 13-year-old girls was ...
The Army has canceled the April 6 open house for the public to visit the New Mexico site of the Trinity atomic bomb blast for lack of funds following a crowd surge last October brought on by the ...
They thought they were playing with warm snow. In the summer of 1945, a dance troupe of young girls from El Paso, Texas had made their way to the mountains of Ruidoso, New Mexico, where their ...
The nation conducted its last explosive nuclear test in 1992, after a series of treaties limited testing capabilities.
Ironically, despite America’s Cold War fears of being nuked by the Soviet Union, the only government that ever nuked us (and nuked us quite a bit) was our own. reading time 1 minute The report notes ...