When was the Doomsday Clock farthest from midnight? In 1991, with the end of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first treaty to ...

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.

On Tuesday morning, the Doomsday Clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight, which is the closest it has ever been to midnight in the 78 years since it started running.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock at 90 seconds to midnight on Tuesday, citing the war in Ukraine as well as climate change, online disinformation and other threats.

The farthest from midnight the clock's hands have ever been was 17 minutes to midnight, back in 1991. But since 2018, the clock has been at least at 2 minutes to midnight, which previously had not ...

The Doomsday Clock is now at 89 seconds to midnight and we’ve never been closer to annihilation. Here’s everything you need to know about the recent announcement, the origins of the clock, and ...

The Doomsday Clock, which warns humanity about how close it is to destroying the world, ticked one second closer to midnight at 89 seconds, the closest it’s been since its inception.

The Doomsday Clock was farthest from midnight — 17 minutes from midnight — in 1991, the bulletin says, citing the signing of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by the United States and Soviet ...

Atomic scientists have kept their Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight as they did last year, citing worry about Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine ...

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 can move backwards, forwards or stay the same. They were farthest from midnight—a record 17 minutes—in 1991, a decision informed by post-Cold War optimism.