On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On Aug. 9, 1945, a second bombing was dropped on Nagasaki. The atomic bombs instantly took thousands of ...

July 16 is National Atomic Veterans Day, dedicated to the thousands of troops who participated in secret nuclear testing or were POWs in Nagasaki or Hiroshima. By Abigail Spanberger Published Jul 15, ...

The film “Oppenheimer,” directed by Christopher Nolan, was released to critical acclaim July 21, and detailed the construction, usage and consequences of the atomic bombs — which had ties to a Lorain ...

The first reports were met with disbelief. A single bomb with the explosive force to level a city; a bomb, detonated with such intensity it burned as bright as — maybe, even brighter than — the sun.

A 110-degree day in Las Vegas, a city dedicated to entertainment and capitalism, seems a strange place to commemorate the 80 th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Yet Las Vegas has its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Museum of Science and Energy Foundation has received a $17,000 grant from the state of Tennessee, which it will use ...

Nathan interviews photographer Ken Hackman about his role filming atomic tests at Lookout Mountain. Nathan interviews veteran combat photographer Ken Hackman about his time at Lookout Mountain Air ...

The story of the Mars Bluff bombing accident is one of the oddest events to happen in the United States during the 20th century. Yet, the day in March 1958 when the Air Force nearly nuked South ...

The American Museum of Science and Energy Foundation has received a $17,000 grant from the state of Tennessee, which it will use for making Americans with Disability Access (ADA) accessibility ...