At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity lurched into the birth of a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear ...

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.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study shows that the formation of radioactive fallout is more complex than some ...

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.

Forty years after Chernobyl changed history forever, discover 17 fascinating and heartbreaking facts about the world’s worst ...

Researchers have discovered a new clathrate material in trinitite glass from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test, offering insights into extreme conditions that create unique atomic structures.