The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...
ZME Science

The First Atomic Bomb Made a Crystal Scientists Had Never Seen Before

Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

Striking new views of the first atomic bomb test

Forgotten photos of the Trinity detonation show the immensity of the project ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s first nuclear bomb explosion by US Army resulted in rare crystal formation

When the first nuclear bomb exploded at the Trinity site in 1945, it turned the desert sand into a unique laboratory for impossible science. Even now, decades later, the radioactive glass created by ...
The Debrief

Scientists Looked Inside an ‘Impossible’ Crystal Formed in the Heart of a Nuclear Blast—And Found Something No One Had Ever Seen

Scientists have revealed something within a trinitite crystal formed during a 1945 nuclear blast that has never been seen ...