Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for ...

“Extreme, transient conditions produced by nuclear detonations can generate solid-state phases inaccessible to conventional ...

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Tom ...

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when ...

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. When Robert Oppenheimer, the civilian ...

Author Emily Seyl describes her quest to preserve atomic-age history ...

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. Even after the renowned physicist Hans ...

A 100-ton explosive test occurred at Trinity Site on May 7, 1945, as a rehearsal for the atomic bomb test. The 100-ton test was largely unnoticed, unlike the July 16 atomic bomb test which was seen as ...