More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...

People who spent their childhood in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s living near Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County faced a ...

In this except from the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, we hear from the people at the historic first test of the atomic ...

On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time, humanity entered the nuclear age with a blinding flash of light in the New ...

The daughter of an Oak Ridge engineer seeks to understand her father's role in the Manhattan Project—and fills unknowns with ...

The Trinity Test changed the course of human history and continues to have an impact on people in New Mexico, some of whom ...

White Sands Missile Range will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Site test, marking a new era in scientific ...

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 ...

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

The Manhattan Project and Apollo Program have become symbolic of massive efforts to achieve great goals, be they awe-inspiring or terrifying. What such efforts will we see in the future?