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

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

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

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

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

Since Russia began occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there have been several near-miss nuclear safety ...

Chernobyl Explosion: 40 years later, disaster still shapes nuclear safety The Chernobyl disaster remains the world’s worst nuclear accident, displacing hundreds of thousands and reshaping global ...

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 ...