The Hermes Project. Fast forward to the 21st century, and Oak Ridge is once again a focal point for nuclear advancement.

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.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — 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 ...

What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret.

When he was named the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, J. Robert Oppenheimer was an improbable choice for the most important job in America. At the time, he was a 38 ...

The petition didn't include names from the Los Alamos, New Mexico scientists because they weren't given the chance to sign, Edward Teller, one of the Manhattan Project's scientists, later said.

WITH SUCH A WEAPON. BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. IT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, WHICH WAS BASED RIGHT HERE IN LOS ALAMOS. THAT’S ALSO WHERE OPPENHEIMER LIVED FOR A PERIOD ...

Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project and its top-secret research site at Los Alamos, New Mexico, named the site Trinity after a poem by John Donne that he had shared with his ...

The new approach won’t propose the “Manhattan Project for AI” that ... a bit like Lawrence Livermore in California or Los Alamos in New Mexico. For the National Security Council officials ...

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 ...

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. The community ...

Across the street, rangers at the Manhattan Project National Historical Park visitor center answer questions about where scientists lived and where parties and town halls were hel ...