And the glass generated from the Trinity test have peculiar similarities to Moon samples, which the scientists conclude is another piece of evidence supporting the great impact theory for how the ...

The first atomic bomb ever exploded was a test device ... Someone named it “Alamogordo glass” because the test site was near that town. A 1946 ad in Mechanix Illustrated offered jewelry ...

The “Trinity” test, as it was secretly known, was the first nuclear detonation by the American military, occurring on July 16, 1945. That test resulted in the distribution of radioactive ...

At 0530, 16 July 1945, in a remote section of the Alamogordo Air Base, New Mexico, the first full-scale test was made of the implosion type atomic fission bomb ... from the site -- he overheard ...

At the heart of the New Mexico desert lies the site where the atomic age began. The Trinity test was more than just an explosion—it was the moment that changed global power forever. This visit to ...