On This Day, July 16: U.S. Tests First Atom Bomb

80 years since the Trinity test: Oak Ridge's role in the Manhattan Project

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Wednesday marks 80 years since the Manhattan Project's Trinity test, and the American Nuclear Society is commemorating Oak Ridge's role in bringing World War II to an end. The Trinity test was conducted on July 16, 1945, more than 200 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. It marked the first detonation of a nuclear device. The Department of Energy says J. Robert Oppenheimer called the site Trinity in reference to a poe…

What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles

The mushroom cloud of the Trinity nuclear test rises over the New Mexico desert.National Security Research CenterScientists set off the Trinity test atomic bomb on July 16, 1945.Though they chose a somewhat secluded area of the desert, people lived less than 20 miles away.It was impossible to hide the light, noise, shockwave, and fallout from the bomb. At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New…

First atomic bomb explosion has lasting impact on New Mexico

80 years ago today, the first atomic bomb was detonated near Alamogordo. The test marked a significant turning point in World War II that left impacts across New Mexico and around the world.

The World's First Nuclear Explosion Created a Rare Form of Matter

Eighty years ago today, at 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of history was made.

Experts Issue Stark New Warning About Nuclear Weapons, 80 Years After Trinity Test

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 chain reaction — is host to the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, an event that brings Nobel laureates and nuclear experts together to confront the growing global risk of nuclear war. The event features a performance by the

Pinkerton: The 80th Anniversary of the The Trinity Test and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age

As we approach the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, we recall that Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945, was determined by another world-changing event: the first detonation of an atomic bomb on July 16, 1945. The post Pinkerton: The 80th Anniversary of the The Trinity Test and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age appeared first on Breitbart.