Hidden deep in New Mexico, the Trinity Site marks the exact spot where the first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945. Once ...
Oct. 14—In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site ...
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" opens up dialogue about the dark side of science, which led him to compare the rise of AI ...
On July 16, 1945 — 80 years ago — the federal government detonated the first atomic bomb in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. That test, known as the Trinity Test, changed the world — and it changed ...
Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...