At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn ...

Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind the scenes, there were real fears that the explosion could trigger a chain ...

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

A strange scarlet rock was created during the world's first nuclear explosion in 1945, and scientists have now uncovered what ...

Nearly 80 years after the event, trinitite still has the power to amaze.

Nuclear explosions sound like something out of a sci-fi blockbuster, but the terrifying truth is that they aren’t confined to fiction. The sheer scale of energy released in a nuclear blast can wipe ...

Researchers have discovered a new clathrate material in trinitite glass from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, offering insights into extreme conditions that create unique atomic structures.