Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.

NORTH RUPERT, Vt. (NEWS10) — Atomic veterans are soldiers who were sent into nuclear tests during the 1950s and 60s, often just miles from the blast — with no protective gear and no warning. NEWS10’s ...

Lucy Benavidez Garwood was 13 years old when the Trinity atomic bomb test was detonated at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, 50 miles from her home in Tularosa, on July 16, 1945. A ...