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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the U.S. military detonated the world's first nuclear weapon near New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert in 1945, people ...

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Color photo of the mushroom cloud from the Trinity Test in 1945, taken by Jack Aeby Eighty years ago Wednesday, on July 16, 1945, the world changed forever when the first atomic bomb was detonated in ...

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, ...

This article is fourth in a series by White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office that will delve into the history of the Trinity Site Test, which marked its 80th anniversary on July 16, and the ...