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What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexican desert. It was bright, hot, and loud. Scientists and military personnel crouched nearby in ...
Yahoo

80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for reparations

A bright, blinding light flashed above New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945. The thunderous roar that followed jolted 14-year-old Jess Gililland awake on the porch of ...
Yahoo

'Lord, these affairs are hard on the heart': How Manhattan Project scientists reacted to the world's first atomic bomb test

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The first atomic bomb was tested in the early hours of July 16, 1945, at Trinity Site in New ...
The Gazette

What you can do about nuclear weapons- 80 years after Trinity blast

FILE - The first U.S. atom bomb explodes during a test in Alamogordo, N.M., July 16, 1945. The cloud went 40,000 feet in the air, as viewed by an automatic camera six miles away from the site. (AP ...
Gizmodo

80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations

Eighty years after the Trinity Test brought nuclear fallout to their communities, New Mexico residents living downstream of the test may finally be eligible for long-sought reparations. In the early ...
National Catholic Reporter

80 years after 'Trinity,' Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons

Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide. Hosted by the ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

'Growing, diversifying and modernizing': 80 year after Trinity blast, nuclear weapons remain a threat

It’s a peaceful time of day at 5:29 a.m. Quiet. In that predawn moment 80 years ago, Allen Sánchez said, his grandfather was milking cows in Tomé. A light appeared as the first test of a nuclear ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

Misinformation in the media the week of the Trinity Site test had deadly consequences

On July 16, 1945, and in the days and weeks that followed, newspapers in America missed what may well have been the scoop of the first half of the 20th century: The birth of the atomic bomb in the ...
National Catholic Register

Archdiocese of Santa Fe Marks 80th Anniversary of First Nuclear Bomb Detonation

The bishops of the state will gather for private prayer at the site on July 16, the date on which the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The archdiocese said it ‘is fitting to ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Guest columnist William Lambers: What you can do about nuclear weapons — 80 years after Trinity blast

The Trinity Test in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. The image shows a mushroom cloud after 10 seconds. Credit: U.S. GOVERMENT It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light ...
The Bakersfield Californian

WILLIAM LAMBERS: What you can do about nuclear weapons, 80 years after Trinity Blast

It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light and a massive explosion rumbled in the New Mexico desert. Only a few people knew about it at the time, but the United States just ...