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calligraphizer t1_je9e5az wrote

Reply to comment by fleranon in The brightest gamma-ray in human history hit our planet this past Fall by PuzzleheadedOne1428

Radiation dissipates with distance squared :-) Throw in any medium (dust, gas) and it dissipates even more

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ApplicationRoyal1072 t1_je9xh3y wrote

Because of expansion of the universe radiation frequency changes with time/distance from any radiation source. Doppler effect. Add diffusion .

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calligraphizer t1_jecr9b9 wrote

Only across cosmological distances. This would be negligible for gamma rays emitted within, say, the local group, which is gravitationally bound against Hubble flow.

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