The Moon Is Slowly Leaving | Whispered Science for Sleep | Aimi

Every year, the Moon drifts about four centimeters farther from the Earth. Aimi tells you how we know, with mirrors left on the Moon and laser light timed to a fraction of a second, and why the drift is slowly making our days longer. Frequent gentle whispers, short rests and subtle binaural placement. Use headphones for the two-ear cues. 00:00 The Moon is slowly leaving 01:12 A long way, measured carefully 02:26 Mirrors on the Moon 03:36 A flash of light, and the wait 04:52 The slow drift shows itself 06:00 The tides pull ahead 07:13 Our days grow a little longer 08:25 When a year had four hundred days 09:40 Not always the same pace 10:52 The eclipses we are lucky to have 12:08 Visitors, and an old friendship 13:14 Let it drift, gently Binaural filters: Bill Gardner and Keith Martin, MIT Media Laboratory (1994), KEMAR HRTF measurements. https://sound.media.mit.edu/resources... Learn more: NASA, measuring the Moon's distance: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/Ap... Williams (2000), the history of Earth's rotation and the Moon's orbit: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/~mjelline/453...