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

At 89 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock is now the closest it has ever been to midnight, much closer than it was during the peak of the Cold War

Today, the Doomsday Clock was set to 89 seconds to midnight, signaling that experts fear we are dangerously close to a global catastrophe.