The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

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

Here's what Hiroshima looks like today, 81 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945 — 81 years ago — the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the ...
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Before the atomic bomb, the biggest man-made explosion in history leveled a city in 1917 — because two ships bumped into each other

On the morning of December 6, 1917, the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was going about its business as a busy wartime port. The First World War was raging in Europe, and Halifax’s harbor was one of the ...

The atomic bomb, a world-changing invention, inflicted suffering and launched the nuclear age

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 ...
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Bizarre new material discovered in Hiroshima bombing debris

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When an atomic bomb detonates, it produces a unique chemical environment that's nearly impossible to mimic in a lab—and amid its ...
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Atomic veterans explain what a nuclear bomb explosion feels like

Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like ...

Nagasaki survivor says a mistake could lead to nuclear war, 80 years after atomic bomb explosion

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In 1944, the U.S. began making plutonium for the atomic bomb: 80 years later, taxpayers are still paying for the cleanup

The Manhattan Project produced the plutonium that changed history, but left behind a radioactive legacy America is still ...

In 1962, the US detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear bomb in space that knocked out streetlights and triggered burglar alarms in Hawaii. 64 years later, it says weapons ar…

The United States has acknowledged its possession of orbital space-control weapons, a declaration echoing a 1962 nuclear test ...
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The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scene of destruction after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945.Universal History Archive/Universal Images ...
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The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

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 ...