WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — Trinity. The test that changed the course of human history, with the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in the world – right here in New Mexico. Located two hours ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project‘s Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is commemorating Oak Ridge’s role in bringing World War II to an end.

The 80th Anniversary Trinity Test Observance and Open House scheduled for later this month has been canceled, White Sands ...

Congress earlier this month finally got around to making New Mexico fallout victims of the first test of an atomic bomb and the miners who dug up the uranium to fuel the weapon eligible for ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. July 16 marks the 80th anniversary of an event that changed the world forever: the Trinity atomic test, ...

(Corrections & Clarifications: This story previously misstated how far nuclear fallout from the government's atomic tests reached. Fallout from the initial Trinity Test reached 46 of the 48 contiguous ...

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 ...