The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

July 16 is the 80th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb test. At 5:30 a.m. on that date in 1945, 12 young girls attending a summer camp in Ruidoso, New Mexico, were jolted out of their bunks ...

The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site explosion weeks earlier on May 7, 1945.

July 16 marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated. The specter of nuclear annihilation has been with us ever ...

Alamogordo. The test marked a significant turning point in World War II that left impacts across New Mexico and around the world.

He tracked down the photographer and interviewed former showgirls who confirmed Miss Atomic Bomb’s stage name. But the woman’s real name still eluded him.

By RIO YAMAT LAS VEGAS (AP) — It wasn’t going to be easy to track down the woman who came to be known as “Miss Atomic Bomb.” All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name he found ...