"Gadget," the first atomic bomb — a 6-foot sphere with a grapefruit-sized Plutonium core, covered in cables — was born out of the Albert Einstein-inspired Manhattan Project, and was detonated ...

Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...

The renowned physicist had spent years at the very heart of Britain and the United States’ nuclear programmes.

Las Vegas News Bureau photographer Don English snapped a striking image of a model wearing a mushroom cloud swimsuit who was quickly immortalized as "Miss Atomic Bomb." This famous photo was captured ...

Then, in 2025, the clock moved the closest it has ever been: 89 seconds to midnight. Most of the people who were part of the Manhattan Project, the secret government mission which created the first ...

For the first time ever, Emperor Hirohito is addressing ... After the dropping of a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, he has ordered Japan’s surrender. Despite two devastating attacks ...

The atomic bomb exploded over an area of Hiroshima ... Foundation gives a range of 90,000 to 166,000 deaths within the first four months. This was destruction on an unprecedented scale.

Born to a stubborn father and a cheerful mother, Nakazawa was an elementary school first-grader when the atomic bomb was dropped at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945. He was standing near the school gate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are ...

We finally know the true identity of the woman behind the iconic “Miss Atomic Bomb” photo. After 25 years of investigation, the Atomic Museum said in a news release that founding museum member ...