Fusing the desert's quartz and feldspar sandstone with bits of the bomb, the heat created a new material called trinitite, which is a glass-like substance that's mostly shades of green but also ...

'Nuclear Mushroom' Cloud in Southern Russia Freaks Out Locals Published Aug 03, 2023 at 6:22 AM EDT Updated Aug 03, 2023 at 12:52 PM EDT By Isabel van Brugen ...

On view until May 24th, this inflated mushroom cloud sculpture appears to reach skyward, towering over passersby along Broadway and 46th street. “ZERO NUKES” opens with artist Pedro Reyes and ...

The enduring shorthand of the mushroom cloud has taken on different meanings over the decades, reflecting fantasies and fears as it boomed and bloomed across American culture, including, most ...

March 30, 2006 -- A Pentagon test at a Nevada site this June will likely create the first mushroom cloud seen in the state since the United States ceased above-ground nuclear testing in 1963.