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Timeline of the Doomsday Clock [14] Year Minutes to midnight Time Change (minutes) Reason Clock 1947 7 23:53 0 The initial setting of the Doomsday Clock. 1949 3 23:57 −4 The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, the RDS-1, starting the nuclear arms race. 1953 2 23:58 −1
English: Graph showing the changes in the time of the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Numbers in left column refer to the "minutes to midnight" (nuclear war) as the values of the clock are usually expressed. At right column are the raw times.
Throughout the history of the Doomsday Clock, it has moved closer to midnight, and farther away, depending upon the status of the world at that time. [18] The Doomsday Clock has been getting closer to midnight since 1991, when it was set to 17 minutes to midnight, after the United States and the Soviet Union reached an agreement on nuclear arms ...
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at a new time that indicates how close we are to making Earth uninhabitable for humanity.
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by members of the journal Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a dramatic metaphor that symbolises just how close humanity is to the end of civilization.
Jan. 21—This year's Doomsday Clock will remain frozen at 100 seconds to midnight — the closest it has been in its 75-year history to the metaphorical hour of the world's destruction. The clock ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Last Judgment by painter Hans Memling. In Christian belief, the Last Judgement is an apocalyptic event where God makes a final ...
The Doomsday Clock has moved closer to midnight than it has ever been, and is now just 90 seconds away from striking 12, scientists have said. ... the world has entered a time of nuclear danger ...