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

The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and ...

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as "the Gadget" in the Southern New Mexico desert. The test, which sent a giant mushroom cloud ...

The Manhattan Project culminated in the dropping of atomic weapons on Japan by the U.S. in early August 1945, a move that ended World War II. A national park site in three time zones tells the complex ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — As the world marks 80 years since the Atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the effort to develop the weapon lingers in the ground throughout Western New York.

Press Play with Madeleine Brand America built the atom bomb in enormous, secret cities Building atom bombs was a feat rivaling the science behind them. The Manhattan Project oversaw hundreds of ...

White Sands Missile Range, DoD's largest, fully-instrumented, open air range, provides America's Armed Forces, allies, ...

In 2024, the US consumed 50 million pounds of uranium, but only produced 677,000 pounds, according to the EIA.

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Lower-level radioactive waste from a Manhattan Project-era ...

The Heritage Foundation is at it again—this time with a new proposal it’s branding the “Manhattan Project for Babies.” Drawing on the language of World War II–era urgency, Heritage is pitching a ...