On Tuesday, the clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight — the closest the world has ever been to that marker, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which established the clock in 1947.

The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what scientists deem "global catastrophe." The decades-old international ...

Humanity is closer to destroying itself, according to atomic scientists who revealed on Tuesday that the famous “Doomsday Clock” was set to 89 seconds to midnight — the closest it has ever been.

These have been some critical moments in the history of mankind: World War II: the clock struck 11:53 p.m. 1950s arms race: set at 23:58. But why has the clock been set to 89 seconds in 2025?

The symbolic clock is set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who last year set it at 90 seconds to midnight. This year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited nuclear escalation ...

In 2024, the clock remained set at 90 seconds to midnight and while no change was mildly comforting, scientists warned that it was not an indication of stability. The 90s were pretty sweet ...