The Gazette

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 ...
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The nuclear test that scientists feared might ignite Earth’s atmosphere

J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific effort that created the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The Trinity test in 1945 produced an explosion equal to nearly 25,000 tons of TNT, ...
Democracy Now

Trinity, 80 Years Later, Still Threatens a “Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”

July 16 marked the 80th anniversary of the first atomic bomb explosion, at what the bomb’s creator, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, called the Trinity Site in New Mexico. The harsh desert terrain had ...
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 ...
Snopes.com

Posts claim teen campers were exposed to nuclear fallout from Trinity test. Here's the full story

A number of social media posts in August 2025 shared a story about the civilian aftermath of America's rush to create the atomic bomb in 1945. According to the posts, a group of 13-year-old girls was ...
Wired

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...