As one of only three official government photographers assigned to the top-secret Manhattan Project, Westcott photographed ...

Eighty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan to force the unconditional surrender that ended World War II. The fearsome weapons were created by ...

An unusual crystal created by America’s first nuclear bomb test could help scientists understand a structure needed for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The first atomic bomb was ...

Manhattan Project scientists working on the Thin Man plutonium gun assembly. Two atomic bombs nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man were detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, effectively ...

Officials are preparing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Tennessee, with special events for people of all ages.

Even though a portion of Manhattan‘s events were made up, the show includes all of the necessary scenes to accurately tell the Manhattan Project’s story. The scientists’ tireless day-to-day work and ...

"The exploration of how key government officials were unaware of the implications of developing the first atomic bomb during World War II, leaving the lives of millions of Americans in the hands of a ...