This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of a plutonium device known as "the Gadget" in the Southern New Mexico desert. The test, which sent a giant mushroom cloud ...

One of the Manhattan Project sites, Los Alamos, required a whole new city to be built for scientists, members of the military, and more personnel.

Cynthia Kelly, founder and President of the Atomic Heritage Foundation, discussed why Los Alamos, New Mexico was chosen as the site during WW2 to coordinate elements for the first nuclear weapons.

Los Alamos became an open city when the security gates came down in 1957. Still, many parts — including historic sites related to the Manhattan Project — remain off limits.

Los Alamos National Laboratory officials set the registration date for its "behind the fence" tours of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

During the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos was a ramshackle town of temporary buildings housing thousands of scientists, engineers, technicians, military personnel and their families.

These photos are now being shared with the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, revealing previously unknown aspects of the secret city’s history. Michnovicz arrived in Los Alamos in 1944 ...

Takeaways • The Manhattan Project history tour takes visitors to historical sites off the beaten track. • One of the highlights is a log cabin where physicist Emilio Segre determined the ...

Extremely rare footage shows insight on one of the most secret and secure projects ever known. The Manhattan Project.

No Manhattan Project for AI, but maybe a Los Alamos As with nuclear weapons, general artificial intelligence offers first-mover advantages that could alter the course of history.

When he was named the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, J. Robert Oppenheimer was an improbable choice for the most important job in America. At the time, he was a 38 ...

Alan Carr, program manager and senior historian at Los Alamos National Laboratory, presented an overview of the Manhattan Project at Newberry Hall.