As a result, the clock — which was moved up two minutes to 11:57 p.m. last year — will remain at the closest it's been to midnight since 1984, when the Cold War was at its iciest. "Three ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represented by Thomas Pickering and Kennette Benedict (l to r) moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock two minutes closer to midnight, now set to 5 ...

1963: 12 Minutes to Midnight The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Test Ban Treaty, which bans atmospheric testing of nuclear devices. You can read the full text of that treaty ...

"Doomsday Clock" moves 30 seconds closer to midnight 01:59. The destruction of the world is closer than it's been since 1953, a panel of atomic scientists concluded, ... to two minutes to midnight.

The clock’s hands now indicate that the earth is just 89 seconds from midnight — the closest it’s ever been to “doomsday.” ...

Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock - which inspired Iron Maiden song '2 Minutes to Midnight' - ahead to 90 seconds away from the end in January 2023.

The Doomsday Clock was moved on Thursday to two minutes to midnight – marking the closest the symbolic point of global Armageddon that the clock represents has reached since 1953.

Before Thursday, the Doomsday Clock was most recently moved ahead from six to five minutes to midnight in 2012, also in a response to nuclear proliferation and climate change.

On Tuesday, the Bulletin left the clock at "three minutes to midnight," after setting it there in 2015. This is the closest it's been to midnight—midnight being doomsday—since 1983.

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.

It’s two minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock . Originally published April 13, 2018 at 12:15 pm Updated April 13, 2018 at 12:43 pm ...