The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...

Nuclear blast yields crystal: A unique calcium–copper–silicon clathrate, never seen in nature, was found in red trinitite from the 1945 Trinity atomic test. Life-detection breakthrough: Scientists ...

An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles ...

This color photograph of the test was taken by Jack Aeby. On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 am, the first atomic bomb in history was detonated at what is now White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The ...

The world changed 70 years ago Thursday, when scientists in New Mexico successfully tested the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo.Though the success of the Trinity Test is a scientific milestone, some ...

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 ...

In an instant, the bomb obliterated everything. The tower it sat on and the copper wires strung around it: vaporized. The desert sand below: melted. In the aftermath of the first test of an atomic ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. On the evening of July 16, 1945, President Harry S. Truman was at ...

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," released July 21, fixes its gaze on the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer, who coordinated the Manhattan Project, which ultimately led to the US using two nuclear ...