On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

A US Air Force B-52 (carrying four thermonuclear weapons) broke up in mid-air over Southern Spain on January 17th, 1966 due to a collision with a KC-135 tanker while it was being refueled by the ...

The United States dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare on Aug. 6, 1945. The olive-green steel cylinder called “Little Boy” exploded above Hiroshima, Japan, killing tens of thousands of ...

In its quest to better understand the effects of nuclear weaponry, the US military conducted a lot of tests, sometimes on its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Tri-Cities will commemorate and reflect on the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, with a Lights for Peace event at Howard Amon ...

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. That first-ever use of an atomic weapon killed an estimated 140,000 people, most of whom were civilians. Three days ...

TOKYO — Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons "absolute evil,” denounced growing support for nuclear ...

The scene of destruction after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb ...