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The new movie Oppenheimer is shedding light on the Trinity explosion, but southern New Mexico residents tell a different story.

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

When the B-29 bomber Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, it was the end result of work done in Central Washington, as well as sacrifices

SANTA FE – The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Col...

The US Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, including an amendment to allow payments to New Mexicans exposed to nuclear testing.

The US Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, including an amendment to allow payments to New Mexicans exposed to nuclear testing.

The Trinity Test demonstrated that humankind could tap the essence of the sun. The bomb worked, creating temperatures hotter than the sun.

Advancing on a 86-11 Senate vote Thursday, the proposal would extend aid to so-called downwinders exposed to radiation during weapons testing in several new regions stretching from Guam to the

New Mexicans still suffering the consequences of the first atomic bomb test in the state scored a victory.