On Aug. 6, 1945, the first of two atomic bombs was dropped on Japan, in the city of Hiroshima. The 8,900-pound bomb, named "Little Boy," was dropped by The Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress plane.

The scientists worked for three years and in 1945 created three bombs at once - Trinity, Fat Man, and Little Boy. Testing world's first atomic bomb On July 16, scientists from the Manhattan ...

On August 6, the atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, instantly leveling five square miles and killing an estimated 80,000 people. On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb that ...

After learning about the story behind this iconic photograph and the search for Miss Atomic Bomb’s true identity, read about ...

On Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy detonated 1,900 feet (580 meters) above Hiroshima, Japan's seventh-largest city. According to the World Nuclear Association, the explosion was ...

"Shadows Scorched into the City of Hiroshima by the Blinding Light of the Atomic Bomb as It Detonated over ... a Barn Caused by the Detonation of "Little Boy" over Hiroshima in 1945." ...

When an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in ... Although the willow’s trunk was broken in the bomb blast of Little Boy, it still survives today and even hosts new shoots that have since ...

Despite the cloudiness of the crystal caused by the blast, the watch’s hands remain halted at 8:15 a.m. — the moment when the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb.

J. Robert Oppenheimer and the band of geniuses he recruited won the existential race to create the atomic bombs that ended World War II. They also set the stage for a nuclear arms buildup in which ...

Some photos show everyday people’s activities for the holiday, like young people in uniform performing color guard for ... In the case of the atomic bomb “Little Boy,” which was dropped ...