do you ever just wonder

where does the energy go from redshifted photons

if a photon of green light at 500 nanometers is emitted and then travels through space for a while, the expansion of the universe causes it to redshift until it's, say, a red photon of 700 nanometers

that's a loss of over an entire electronvolt

where did that energy go?

-F

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