Remembering the Trinity test - 81 years later

"We were the first people exposed to radiation anyplace in the world due to an atomic bomb," said Tina Cordova, co-founder of ...

Trinity at 81: How the first atomic test ushered in the nuclear age

In 1945, the Trinity test signified the beginning of the nuclear age and marked the successful output of the Manhattan ...

Groups come together for 81st anniversary of Trinity bomb detonation

This week marks 81 years since the Trinity bomb detonated in New Mexico. To commemorate the lives the fallout left on ...
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 ...
Yahoo

The World's First Nuclear Explosion Forged an 'Impossible' Crystal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...
Slate

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

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, ...
Democracy Now

New Release of Bob Dylan’s “Hard Rain” as Nobel Winners Warn of Nuclear Risk on Trinity Test 80th Anniversary

On July 16, 1945, the United States carried out the Trinity test, the world’s first nuclear detonation. Today, 80 years later, the University of Chicago — the site of the first self-sustaining nuclear ...
KOB 4

Trinity Test, 80 years later in New Mexico

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. — Trinity. The test that changed the course of human history, with the first detonation of a nuclear weapon in the world – right here in New Mexico. Located two hours ...

81 Years After Trinity Test, AI Adds New Danger to Nuclear Risk

Years After Trinity Test, AI Adds New Danger to Nuclear Risk. Eighty-one years after the United States detonated the world's ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wired

The Trinity Nuclear Test Created a Never-Before-Seen Material

A team of geologists at the University of Florence, Italy, identified a novel clathrate that formed during the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert. It's a material never ...