On May 24, 1957, Las Vegas News Bureau photographer Don English snapped a striking image of a model wearing a mushroom cloud swimsuit who was quickly immortalized as "Miss Atomic Bomb." This ...

This visit to the historic Trinity Site traces the origins of the atomic age. Though the Schmidt/McDonald assembly house was closed due to weather, the experience captures the raw atmosphere of the ...

Dalton's own notebook shows that his atomic theory preceded his work on marsh gas, and his notes for a lecture delivered in 1810 give a history of his ideas which agrees with all the facts.1 ...

Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet – through the marks we've left on nature.

Further developments to the atomic model Bohr and energy levels Even though Rutherford had proven the existence of the nucleus , scientists were unsure how electrons fitted into this new model.

This article was originally published with the title “A Completed Chapter in the History of the Atomic Theory” in SA Supplements Vol. 42 No. 1080supp (September 1896), p. 17269 doi:10.1038 ...

Journalist Graff (When the Sea Came Alive) delivers a magisterial oral history of the atomic bomb. The book opens by tracing eni ...

Gradually, starburst shapes joined the interpretations of a model of an atom—possibly as a representation of an atomic reaction.

The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, effectively ended WWII, but took thousands of civilian lives. On August 6, 1945, the bomb was dropped on the city.

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima — becoming the only country to ever use nuclear weapons during wartime.