This article is part of a series that will delve into the history of the Trinity Site Test, which marked its 80th anniversary on July 16, 2025, and the commemoration of the growth and evolution of ...

In the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the site where the first atomic bomb was tested will not be open to the public this year. Located on White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site is ...

This article is part of a series that will delve into the history of the Trinity Site Test, which marked its 80th anniversary on July 16, 2025, and the commemoration of the growth and evolution of ...

A new book about the Trinity test, the world’s first atomic explosion, presents startlingly vivid views of the event. Based on a 20-year effort to restore and release hundreds of photographs taken ...

Staff ReportsAlamogordo News On July 16, 2025, White Sands Missile Range commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Site test, marking a new era in scientific achievement. It was here 80 years ...

Staff Reports Manhattan Project leaders decided a test of the plutonium device was essential to determine the feasibility of the implosion design. The test would ...

Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus America’s first nuclear bomb was detonated at the Trinity Test Site in south central New Mexico, and residents of the region in rural communities like Tularosa and ...

Three observation bunkers were established 10,000 yards from ground zero for the Trinity Site Test. Key leaders, including Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, observed from ...

On 16 July 1945, in a remote part of the New Mexico desert, a team of researchers and military personnel witnessed the moment when humanity’s relationship with nature changed forever: when the energy ...