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

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.

Nearly 80 years after the event, trinitite still has the power to amaze.

A strange scarlet rock was created during the world's first nuclear explosion in 1945, and scientists have now uncovered what ...

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...

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

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

Left behind after the ‘Trinity” bomb test was a glass-like material that came to be known as trinitite. It had formed when ...

That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a ...

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 ...