As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it’s not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar ...

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might , they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet. As they receive more ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high.

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.