The Chicago-based nonprofit announced today the decision to advance its Doomsday Clock closer to midnight by 30 seconds. The clock is now two minutes to midnight, the symbolic hour of imminent doom.

The clock’s hands now indicate that the earth is just 89 seconds from midnight — the closest it’s ever been to “doomsday.” The clock was last reset in January 2023, when moved to 90 ...

T he Doomsday Clock, a symbolic tracker that represents the likelihood of human-made destruction, was updated Tuesday to 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it’s ever been.

In a statement about the 2025 Doomsday Clock, the organization explained the dire circumstances that went into the decision. “In 2024, humanity edged ever closer to catastrophe.

Doomsday Clock has been reset, reveals how close humanity is to destruction: ‘Global catastrophe’ By Brooke Steinberg Published Jan. 23, 2024, 10:24 a.m. ET ...

Each year for the past 78 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published a new Doomsday Clock, suggesting just how close – or far – humanity is to destroying itself. The next ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 23 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock will remain at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest it has ever been to apocalypse. Every year, the ...

The original Doomsday Clock was all about the threat of nuclear annihilation. Little more than a week into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, the nuclear outlook is still unclear.

The group started the Doomsday Clock two years later. The Clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward eight times and forward 18 times.

The Doomsday Clock time reveal held by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the United States Institute of Peace on January 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 89 seconds to midnight, is displayed during a news conference Tuesday at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington.