On July 16, 1945, in the empty desert of New Mexico, the world changed forever.💥💣 At 5:29 a.m., the first atomic bomb — part of the secret Manhattan Project — was detonated in a test known as the Trinity Test. Scientists expected an explosion. What they got was a miniature sun. The blast lit up the sky for miles. Windows shattered in nearby towns. Families living in ranch houses thought the world was ending. Some were never warned. They watched the mushroom cloud rise above their homes — not k