The A-Bomb wasn't just tested by the U.S., as it was infamously used twice against an enemy combatant — the only times to date that nuclear weapons have been used in war — when it was dropped over the ...

Richard Garwin drew up the plans for the hydrogen bomb and spent seven decades advising presidents on scientific matters ...

After 25 years of exhaustive research and investigative effort, historian and founding Atomic Museum member Robert Friedrichs has uncovered the true identity of the woman behind one of the most iconic ...

FUKUOKA--Isamu Hiraki vividly remembers the intense lights he saw as the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. “I saw a red light resembling a sticky string, and the next moment ...

Only two atomic bombs have ever been dropped in ... Codenamed "Fat Man" because of its round shape, the second bomb was much more powerful than the first. Originally, the Americans targeted ...

The Atomic Bomb Dome, also known as the Genbaku Dome ... containing a registry of names of those who perished. Its arch shape symbolizes shelter and protection, offering a place for collective ...

They come under two broad categories: atomic bombs, which use power released by the splitting of atomic nuclei, and hydrogen bombs (also known as thermonuclear bombs), whose explosive force ...

Dorn said. The atomic flash was spotted 430 miles away in southern Idaho, yet cocky GI's and grinning generals popped out of their foxholes within the shadow of the fearsome bomb less than ten ...