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

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.

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

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a violent asteroid collision in the early solar system. This tells us that ...

The Trinity test was the first detonation ever of a nuclear weapon. On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am local time, the device ...

These are images of the X-ray diffraction pattern in the quasicrystal discovered in the red trinitite from remnants of the first n ...

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

Scientists have revealed something within a trinitite crystal formed during a 1945 nuclear blast that has never been seen ...

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 ...