I was standing at Trinity, ground zero, where the first atomic bomb exploded at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945. Seismographs in Tucson detected the explosion from 280 miles away. The test bomb ...

The "A" stands for "atomic," and was quickly adopted as a name for the earliest nuclear weapons. The A-Bomb wasn't just tested by the U.S., as it was infamously used twice against an enemy ...

New Delhi: A major revolution in the arms race came when America invented the atomic bomb. The devastation caused by this weapon in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan shocked the entire world ...

To clarify, this is not a thermonuclear bomb (which uses nuclear fusion). Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

With the mushroom cloud becoming a defining symbol of the atomic bomb, Mahoney was transformed into “Miss Atomic Bomb” and cemented Las Vegas as the “cultural epicenter of the Atomic Age.” ...

We finally know the true identity of the woman behind the iconic “Miss Atomic Bomb” photo. After 25 years of investigation, the Atomic Museum said in a news release that founding museum member ...

Robert Oppenheimer’s moonshot project to build an atomic bomb in a top-secret lab in the New Mexico desert—and his lifelong qualms about the nuclear age he ushered in. Did the legendary ...

Fukahori represented the bomb victims at a ceremony, making his “pledge for peace,” saying: “I am determined to send our message to make Nagasaki the final place where an atomic bomb is ever ...

What Could Actually Survive an Atomic Bomb? The Ultimate Survival Test? Neil Gorsuch Helps Sway Supreme Court Ruling in Liberal Justices' Favor Trump’s tariffs are having a surprising impact on ...

Tokyo — Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a Nobel Peace Prize has given them a fresh incentive to campaign for nuclear disarmament ahead of the 80th ...

A pioneer for women in science, Meitner faced discrimination yet persisted, earning recognition as "the mother of the atomic bomb." Her work reshaped modern physics and inspired generations of ...