Could the Earth experience 25 hour days in the future? A postdoctoral researcher in physics and astronomy at Michigan State University believes this to be the case.

According to NASA , the moon has been drifting away from Earth at a rate of about one inch every year; Dr. Stephen DiKerby places that figure closer to about 1.5 inches.

Scientists are able to approximate these numbers by bouncing lasers off of mirrors placed on the moon, DiKerby explained on nonprofit independent news organization The Conversation . By measuring the time it takes for light to travel there and back, scientists can measure the distance to the celestial body and how that distance changes over time.

As shared by DiKerby, the tide pointing toward the moon exerts a gravitational pull that leads it toward the

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