Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. AP/Wide World Photos In 1932, James Chadwick discovered the neutron, a small atomic particle with mass but no charge.
in the middle of the desert on the morning of July 16, America detonated the world's first atomic bomb. The explosion vaporized the steel tower, sent a massive shockwave across the desert sand ...