At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

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

An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for quantum computers, solar power, and batteries.

The Trinity test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, generated the glassy substance known as trinitite when sand and surrounding ...

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

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 ...