The "Fat Man" atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, remains one of the most significant and terrifying examples of the destructive power of nuclear weapons. In this video, we ...

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, following up three days later with another bomb on Nagasaki. The bombs, known as "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," were ...

The atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II—codenamed “Little Boy” and “Fat Man,” respectively—caused widespread destruction ...

On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time, humanity entered the nuclear age with a blinding flash of light in the New ...

The actual detonation of the Hiroshima bomb "Little Boy" resulted in an estimated death toll of 70,000 to 140,000, according to The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. "Fat Man," the Nagasaki bomb ...

Q. Mr. Greenglass, addressing yourself to the Government's Exhibit 8, if you please, is that a cross section of the atomic bomb? A. It is. Q. That you gave to Mr. Rosenberg? A. It is. As a ...