Ask Ethan: Do gravitational waves redshift like light does?

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Ask Ethan: Do gravitational waves redshift like light does?

Light redshifts as it travels through the expanding Universe, and is affected by a host of other phenomena.

But not everything is the same for gravitational waves.

Ask Ethan: Do gravitational waves redshift like light does?

As light travels across the Universe, it's subject to cosmic expansion, changing fields, and relative motion. How about gravitational waves?

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