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It is now 89 seconds to midnight

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2025 Doomsday Clock Announcement
January 28, 2025

In setting the Clock one second closer to midnight, the Science and Security Board sends a stark signal: Because the world is already perilously close to the precipice, a move of even a single second should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning that every second of delay in reversing course increases the probability of global disaster.

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‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war and pandemics
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Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, what does that mean?

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Doomsday Clock 2025: closest to midnight and ‘global catastrophe’

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AI, wars and climate change mean it’s later than ever on the ‘Doomsday Clock’

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Doomsday Clock closest it’s ever been to midnight amid climate, nuclear, AI threats

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Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe

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Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, representing threat to human existence and the planet

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The Doomsday Clock

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‘Doomsday Clock’ Is Now The Closest It’s Ever Been To Midnight

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Scientists Move Doomsday Clock Closer Than Ever to Midnight: ‘An Indication of Extreme Danger’

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The Doomsday Clock Explained: What the Time Change Means for Humanity

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Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight

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BBC logo
Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction

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Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight than ever before

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Doomsday Clock 2025: What is the new time?

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Doomsday Clock moves closer than ever to midnight over AI and lab leak fears

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Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, the closest yet to catastrophe

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Forbes logo
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Closer To Global Catastrophe—And AI Is Now A Primary Concern

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‘Doomsday Clock’ Moves Closer to Midnight Amid Threats of Climate Change, Nuclear War, Pandemics, AI

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Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight

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Sky News logo
Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight: What is it and how does it work?

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NBC News logo
Atomic scientists push ‘Doomsday Clock’ to 89 seconds to midnight

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‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI

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‘Doomsday Clock’ scientists say humanity is closer to peril than ever before

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Atomic scientists adjust Doomsday Clock closer than ever to midnight

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Atomic scientists adjust ‘Doomsday Clock’ closer than ever to midnight, citing global tensions, climate change

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Doomsday clock closest to ‘midnight’ it has ever been

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Doomsday Clock moves closest ever to apocalypse—at 89 seconds to midnight

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Doomsday Clock now closer than ever to ‘midnight’: What does this mean?

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The ‘Doomsday Clock’ just moved closer to midnight. Here’s why atomic scientists think humanity is closer than ever to destroying itself.

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The Independent logo
Doomsday Clock ticks one second closer to total apocalypse

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Mirror UK logo
Doomsday clock time changed to 89 seconds to midnight as world on brink of nuclear war

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Metro UK logo
Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight in latest Armageddon prediction

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The Sun UK logo
Doomsday Clock moves CLOSER to midnight in chilling warning that world is on brink of apocalypse amid WW3 & AI threats

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Daily Mail logo
Doomsday Clock ticks forwards to 89 seconds to midnight – the closest humans have ever been to annihilation

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‘Sleepwalking into nuclear disaster’: The ‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks forward

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The Doomsday Clock Moves Closer Than Ever to Midnight

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Doomsday clock ticks closer to catastrophe in dire global warning

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Doomsday Clock now closer than ever to midnight: ‘Probability of global disaster’

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Doomsday Clock Ticks One Second, Closest Ever To Midnight

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Doomsday clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to “global catastrophe”

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Doomsday Clock 2025: Scientists set new time

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Atomic scientists adjust ‘Doomsday Clock’ closer than ever to midnight

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2025 Speakers

Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos
Chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Daniel Holz

Daniel Holz
Bulletin Science and Security Board chair and professor at the University of Chicago in the Departments of Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Herbert Lin

Herb Lin
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Suzet McKinney

Suzet McKinney
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and principal and director of Life Sciences for Sterling Bay

Manpreet Sethi is a member of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board.

Manpreet Sethi
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and distinguished fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi

Robert Socolow

Robert Socolow
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University

2025 Speakers

Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos
Chair of The Elders, former President of Colombia, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Daniel Holz

Daniel Holz
Bulletin Science and Security Board chair and professor at the University of Chicago in the Departments of Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, the Enrico Fermi Institute, and the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Herbert Lin

Herb Lin
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and senior research scholar for cyber policy and security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Suzet McKinney

Suzet McKinney
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and principal and director of Life Sciences for Sterling Bay

Manpreet Sethi is a member of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board.

Manpreet Sethi
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and distinguished fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi

Robert Socolow

Robert Socolow
Bulletin Science and Security Board member and professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University

FAQ

Doomsday Clock 89 seconds to midnight

The Bulletin has reset the minute hand on the Doomsday Clock 26 times since its debut in 1947, most recently in 2025 when we moved it from 90 seconds to midnight to 89 seconds to midnight. Every time it is reset, we’re flooded with questions about the internationally recognized symbol. Here are answers to some of the most frequent queries.

The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making. It is a metaphor, a reminder of the perils we must address if we are to survive on the planet.

When the Doomsday Clock was created in 1947, the greatest danger to humanity came from nuclear weapons, in particular from the prospect that the United States and the Soviet Union were headed for a nuclear arms race. The Bulletin considered possible catastrophic disruptions from climate change in its hand-setting deliberations for the first time in 2007.

Recent Clock changes

The Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds to midnight

2025

IT IS 89 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT

The Doomsday Clock set at 100 seconds to midnight

2020

IT IS 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT

The Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight

2023

IT IS 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT

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2018

IT IS 2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

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2017

IT IS TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

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2015

IT IS 3 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

Bulletin debuts new sonic mark with STRYKE Percussion

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists debuted its new sonic mark with STRYKE Percussion at the 2025 Doomsday Clock announcement.

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Artist statement on new Doomsday Clock design

Tom Weis and Juan Noguera on their process behind designing the new Doomsday Clock used for the first time at the 2025 announcement.

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PRESS RELEASE: Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, closest ever to human extinction

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Learn more in Turn Back The Clock

Learn about the significance of the Doomsday Clock and how it has evolved to include risks we face today. Originally on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, the Turn Back the Clock exhibit is now available for visitors worldwide to explore online.