July 20 (UPI) --The nuclear fallout from the Manhattan Project's test, codenamed Trinity, of a plutonium-implosion device in July 1945 reached 46 states and crossed into Mexico and Canada within just ...

MESILLA – The Mesilla Valley Film Society will host three special screenings of the documentary, “Oppenheimer After Trinity,” which looks at the events that followed the testing of the first atomic ...

This weekend marked the 78th anniversary of the “Trinity Test,” the first detonation of an atomic bomb. This weekend, "Oppenheimer" is being released in theaters all over the country. Sparking ...

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The Trinity test and the dozens of nuclear tests that followed were the result of the top secret Manhattan Project, the WWII era U.S. government program that focused on the development of the atomic ...

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The conclusion of World War II came with a daunting choice that forever changed history: the use of atomic bombs on Japan.

Christopher Nolan will soon share with the world his latest project and direction, with the upcoming film "Oppenheimer," which tells the story of the Allied forces' "Manhattan Project" and how the ...

World War II's Manhattan Project – which developed the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August 1945 – was one of the greatest scientific, technological, and logistical achievements in history. The ...

In July 1945, as J. Robert Oppenheimer and the other researchers of the Manhattan Project prepared to test their brand-new atomic bomb in a New Mexico desert, they knew relatively little about how ...