The 'Doomsday Clock' is now 85 seconds to midnight — the closest it's ever been. What scientists say this means for humanity and how the time is determined.

The clock is a symbolic way to show the public how close scientists believe the world is to a human-made apocalypse.

Doomsday Clock 2026: Scientists set new time

The new Doomsday Clock time has been set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Here’s what it means.

Doomsday Clock now set at 85 seconds to midnight, signaling threat to human existence and planet

Donation Options Search Search Search The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved up its “Doomsday Clock” four seconds, now set at 85 seconds to midnight, representing the closest earth has been to destruction.
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Is the Doomsday Clock the most important design of our time?

Can a simple piece of graphic design save the world?
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UK researchers unveil ultra-precise atomic clock that is small enough to carry by hand

Researchers at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have created a tiny atomic fountain
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These atomic clocks wouldn’t lose a second in 13.8 billion years

The most precise clocks ever built are now testing Einstein, hunting dark matter, and reshaping how we define time itself. In A Nutshell The world’s most precise clocks are changing how we understand time itself: Unprecedented precision: The best optical atomic clocks wouldn’t drift by more than a second over the entire 13.

'Failure of leadership:' Doomsday Clock head explains current setting

USA TODAY asked Alexandra Bell, the president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a few questions about the Doomsday Clock.