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

Humanity is closer to species-threatening disaster than ever before, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who today moved the hand of the "Doomsday Clock" to 89 seconds to midnight. That's the closest the clock has ever been to catastrophe.

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.