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If you go to New Mexico on October 21, you might get a chance to stand where Robert Oppenheimer’s bomb changed history.

One site in the city says it has seen a 60% increase in visitors, but lab personnel frown on photos and unguided tours.

An estimated half a million people lived within a 150-mile radius of the Trinity Test site in southern New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.

4am, Launch Day, 21 June, 2023. Alicia Smith wakes with a surge of adrenaline. Excitement! Its Launch Day – time to go! Smith, a fourth-year Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace) student at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and her team, are far from home.

An estimated half a million people lived within a 150-mile radius of the Trinity Test site in southern New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.

Lawmakers heard from several critics of nuclear activities in New Mexico, voicing concerns for exposure to radiation.

In the days of "Oppenheimer," an exhibition advocates for the expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

Lawmakers heard from several critics of nuclear activities in New Mexico, voicing concerns for exposure to radiation.

In the days of ’Oppenheimer,’ an exhibition advocates expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.

The popularity of the summer box-office hit "Oppenheimer," which has already grossed over $649 million worldwide, is expected to attract the masses to the Trinity nuclear test site in the remote New Mexico desert where the world's first nuclear device was exploded.