10 Explosive Facts About the Trinity Nuclear Test

Eighty years after the first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico, we're still feeling the political and scientific ...
Yahoo

80 years since the Trinity test: Oak Ridge’s role in the Manhattan Project

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project‘s Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is ...
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Scientists find first clathrate crystal from Trinity nuclear blast

Historic blast yields crystal: Researchers found a never-before-seen calcium–copper–silicon clathrate in debris from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, marking the first such crystal from a nuclear ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Column: 80 years since ‘Trinity,’ nuclear threat still looms large

We are amidst the 80th anniversary of three solemn days in world history, calling us to action for the sake of all life on earth. Wednesday marks 80 years since Trinity, the first detonation of a ...
National Catholic Reporter

80 years after 'Trinity,' Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons

Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide. Hosted by the ...
Slate

Eighty Years After the First Nuke Test, the World Is at a Dangerous Crossroads

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On July 16, 1945, the Nuclear Age erupted ...
Democracy Now

Trinity, 80 Years Later, Still Threatens a “Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”

July 16 marked the 80th anniversary of the first atomic bomb explosion, at what the bomb’s creator, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, called the Trinity Site in New Mexico. The harsh desert terrain had ...
Houston Public Media

80 years after Trinity, how do we feel today about nuclear power?

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 ...
Las Vegas Sun

First atomic bomb test conducted in N.M. 80 years ago today still affects site

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. On ...
El Paso Times

OPINION: Trinity bomb test - risking doomsday they lit the match anyway

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. Even after the renowned physicist Hans ...
CounterPunch

Trinity Bomb Test — Risking Doomsday They Lit the Match Anyway

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. When Robert Oppenheimer, the civilian ...