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

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

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

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.

Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like ...

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

VIENNA (Reuters) - Two months after what is widely believed to have been a nuclear test by North Korea, the radioactive particles to prove it have yet to be detected, suggesting the communist state is ...

The 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has not yet entered into force due to the failure of eight key states, including the United States and China, to ratify it and Russia’s decision ...