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Electromagnetic and gravitational radiation do not propagate solely on the null cone in a generic curved spacetime.
- They develop "tails," traveling at all speeds equal to and less than unity.
- If sizeable, this off-the-null-cone effect could mean objects at cosmological distances, such as supernovae, appear dimmer than they really are.
- Their light curves may be distorted relative to their flat spacetime counterparts.
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