Over the last 78 years, the clock’s time has changed according to how close scientists believe the human race is to total destruction. Some years the time changes, and some years it doesn’t.

Doomsday clock remains set at 90 seconds to midnight 01:03. The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, ... This is the first time the clock has moved forward since 2023.

During the Cold War in 1991, the clock was set 17 minutes from midnight—the farthest it has ever been. Conversely, 2025's setting at 89 seconds to midnight marks its closest approach.

A steeple clock at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Carlisle, Massachusetts on Nov. 3, 2023. Reporter On March 9, most people in the U.S. will set their clocks forward an hour, thanks to the ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to being inhabitable for humanity. Scientists just set the new time for 2025.