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[โ€“] 0x01@lemmy.ml 7 points 22 hours ago

I think in the dark matter/expansion model the idea is that light is stretched due to the universe itself expanding, but maybe I misunderstood the premise. Regardless of the veracity of the dark matter model, the original question of the mechanism of loss is still relevant I think.