President Donald Trump instructed the Defense Department to “immediately begin” nuclear weapons testing last week. And that ...

The U.S. was the first nation to test a nuclear bomb, doing so in 1945, and continued testing above and below ground until a ...

US President Donald Trump made many heads turn after he ordered the Pentagon to start testing America’s nuclear weapons.

Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide. Hosted by the ...

The U.S. scientists who tested the first atomic bomb, July 16, 1945, took the ultimate gamble of setting the atmosphere on fire and destroying all life on Earth. Even after the renowned physicist Hans ...

President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends ...

The Trinity Test in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. The image shows a mushroom cloud after 10 seconds. Credit: U.S. GOVERMENT It was 80 years ago on July 16 when a mysterious flash of light ...

Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump's push to resume testing is ...

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to resume nuclear testing for the first time since a moratorium was declared in 1993.

Following a five-hour drive east from Tucson, the New Mexico morning desert sky cast itself in Robin egg blue. The heavens were salted with feathery trails of see-through lacy clouds drifting to the ...