We anticipate we will be on scene for the rest of the weekend.' ...

The physicist Enrico Fermi and others likened the furiously rising cloud in the New Mexico desert to a mushroom, and that became the shape now inextricably associated with nuclear explosions.

Residents described the intensity of a deadly explosion in Palm Springs, likening the frightening jolt in the resort ...

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 ...

Fackler, commanding officer of the U.S. Air Force 514th Reconnaissance Squadron Weather, flew his airplane into the seething mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb detonation. As part of Zebra ...

Video from the tests show a surreal visual. Soldiers in trenches watch as an atomic bomb goes off in the distance, the mushroom cloud billowing up into the sky. Shockwaves shake the cameras and ...

In what is known as the Manhattan Project’s Trinity test, a distinct mushroom-shaped cloud exploded over the New Mexico desert almost 40,000 feet into the atmosphere, ushering in the nuclear age.

A massive, mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke was spotted near New Smyrna Beach on Wednesday, leading some beachgoers into thinking a major "explosion" went off near the beach. But is that what ...