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Watch the first nuclear explosion unfold - then came the realization

Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind ...
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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, ...
The Business Standard

Nuclear Power: From bomb to energy

As Bangladesh enters the nuclear era with Rooppur, it joins a world still grappling with the legacy of atomic destruction and the urgency of clean energy. The question is no longer whether nuclear ...
The Aviationist

The B-29 Goes Atomic: A Look at Operation Silverplate

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...