The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the intergovernmental body that assesses compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, was barred from going within about 40 miles of the affected ...

Decades ago, scientists in New Mexico worked tirelessly to discover and test the world’s most destructive weapon – the ...

New images assessed by Business Insider show new roadworks, buildings, and modifications, with some sites undergoing rapid ...

Scientists and military leaders proceeded with the first atomic bomb test despite acknowledging the risk of a catastrophe.

The first atomic bomb was tested 80 years ago at Trinity Site. However, most of us are not familiar with the Trinity Site ...

Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace International's executive director Mads Christensen says the attack ...

When Pat Fitch started working on artificial intelligence in the 1990s, he concluded it was a waste of time. It now takes up a big chunk of his day. About two years ago, Fitch, the deputy director of ...

Thousands of dollars could come to New Mexicans who grew sick after working in uranium mines or after above ground nuclear tests, but advocates say there is more work to be done and exactly how many ...

The first atomic bomb was tested that morning, the result of the U.S. Manhattan Project to develop the ultimate weapon. Just ...

It was 80 years ago on July 16 that a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert.

A secret detachment of military photographers documented America’s bomb tests.

July 16 marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, meaning the birth of the atomic bomb. Two organizations commemorate ...