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.

In 1947, the Doomsday Clock was set at 7 minutes to midnight. The clock functions as a call-to-action to find ways to resolve “the world’s most urgent, man-made existential threats” and move ...

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" is now set to 89 seconds to midnight.

Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.

Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to ... was as close as 17 minutes to midnight.

The Doomsday clock was set at 89 ... concern that determines the placement of the clock. The clock was initially set at seven minutes to midnight and has moved 25 times since then.

The group devised the Doomsday Clock in 1947, as a way to symbolize ... to Midnight’, followed by the Iron Maiden song ‘2 Minutes to Midnight’ four years later. Much later on, Linkin ...

The Doomsday Clock ... after moving the clock three minutes ahead to 14 minutes in 1995. Pic: AP When it first began in 1947, the clock was set at seven minutes to midnight. Artist Martyl ...

Robert Rosner, chairman of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moves the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock to two minutes to midnight in January 2018. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was ...

It was originally placed at seven minutes to midnight in 1947. “At 89 seconds to midnight, the doomsday clock stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history,” said former ...