The atomic bombs, first dropped in Hiroshima, then three days later in Nagasaki, brought a quick end to World War II. On one side of the Pacific Ocean, people across the United States rejoiced at its ...

Shortly after dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, wrote in his notebook that the clouds below him were dispersing and the weather looked good for the rest of the ...

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 in all, most of whom were civilians. Three ...

Eighty years after the beginning of the Atomic Age, discoveries remain. Ben Loeterman has diligently worked for nearly five years putting together the pieces that have become the documentary, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors, known as the “hibakusha,” will host events to share personal stories of the 1945 World War II atomic bombing and engage in discussions of ...

Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...

The Nagasaki Peace Bell in Honolulu sits near the intersection of South Beretani and Lauhala streets, at the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center grounds. In addition to Honolulu, other replicas of the Nagasaki ...

The way a war was fought changed forever in August of 1945 when the United States detonated the world's first atomic bombs on top of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But despite the massive damage, the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Masumi Yorita was only 5 years old when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. She can still remember what it was like seeing an impacted family member: “Her face ...

The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

Nuclear testing wasn’t all that went underground in the 1950s in Las Vegas. The identity of the woman in the Atomic Age’s most iconic photograph was also buried. On May 24, 1957, a Sands Copa Room ...

It was at an 18th century Georgian manor house outside London that Japanese lawmaker Rui Matsukawa began to have serious doubts about America’s commitment to defending her country. Matsukawa, a former ...