In 1949, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb years ahead of Western expectations. The achievement resulted from an intense domestic scientific effort supported by intelligence gathered ...

An atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon. Marshall Islands, July 1946. Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and the first use of an atomic bomb in war, in this case by the United ...

Read this article to know about the 'Father of Atomic Bomb', reason behind this nickname, Manhattan Project and 5 facts about J. Oppenheimer.

LEWISTON, N.Y. — As the world marks 80 years since the Atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the effort to develop the weapon lingers in the ground throughout Western New York.

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 ...

A sweeping history of the DOE’s National Labs—from the Manhattan Project to fusion breakthroughs—and their impact on U.S. science and innovation.

Some of the sites of the Manhattan Project, which led to the development of the atomic bomb during World War II, may become a national park. The U.S. government is considering a proposal to turn three ...