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Redshift, to my understanding, means the wavelength of light gets longer as it travels through space. Photons with a short wavelengths have higher energies than those with longer ones. Where does the energy lost through redshift go? Is there even energy lost or is it something entirely different?

by /u/Fl4mmer in /r/askscience

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