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 ...

Though Los Alamos was just one of many sites dedicated to the Manhattan Project, it was the most remote, and the most secret. Located in the desert, it has mountain views and vivid sunsets.

A sign marks a roadside rest stop that has been made to look like the historic security gate that all Manhattan Project workers passed through in Los Alamos, N.M., on June 26, 2023.

If You Go • Those interested in participating in a behind-the-fence tour of Manhattan Project sites can email Los Alamos National Laboratory for registration information at [email protected].

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The Los Alamos National Laboratory Historical Society is releasing new photos that John “Mike” Michnovicz took during the Manhattan Project. Michnovicz captured ...

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

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. Almost overnight, the ranching enclave on a remote plateau in northern New Mexico was ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Los Alamos National Laboratory officials set the registration date for its “behind the fence” tours of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The tours will take ...

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 was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. Almost overnight, the ranching enclave on a remote plateau in northern New Mexico was transformed into a ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project. Almost overnight, the ranching enclave on a remote plateau in northern New Mexico was ...