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 ...

No one told residents of the site's dangers, and they often picnicked ... Zoom out: The New Mexico residents only learned about the Trinity Test after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese ...

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 ...

Early on the morning of July 16, 1945, the deserts of New Mexico exploded in a colossal, unspeakably brilliant fireball, ushering in the nuclear age at a test site called Trinity. For years ...