Aether, æther or ether may refer to:

Historical science and mythology

Aether (mythology) In Greek mythology, Aether, Æther, Aither, or Ether (; (Brightness) ) is the personification of the bright upper sky. According to Hesiod, he was the son of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the brother of Hemera (Day). In Orphic cosmo ...

, the personification of the bright upper sky *

Aether (classical element) According to ancient and History of science in the Middle Ages, medieval science, aether (, alternative spellings include ''æther'', ''aither'', and ''ether''), also known as the fifth element or quintessence, is the material that fills the regio ...

, the material believed to fill the universe above the terrestrial sphere **

Aether theories In the history of physics, aether theories (or ether theories) proposed the existence of a medium, a space-filling substance or field as a transmission medium for the propagation of electromagnetic or gravitational forces. Since the development of ...

, proposing space-filling substance that propagates electromagnetic or gravitational forces **

Luminiferous aether Luminiferous aether or ether (''luminiferous'' meaning 'light-bearing') was the postulated Transmission medium, medium for the propagation of light. It was invoked to explain the ability of the apparently wave-based light to propagate through empt ...

, the postulated medium for the propagation of light

Science and engineering

Ether In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group, a single oxygen atom bonded to two separate carbon atoms, each part of an organyl group (e.g., alkyl or aryl). They have the general formula , where R and R� ...

, a class of chemical compounds **

Diethyl ether Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound with the chemical formula , sometimes abbreviated as . It is a colourless, highly Volatility (chemistry), volatile, sweet-smelling ("ethereal odour"), extremely flammable liquid. It belongs ...

, or simply ether, an organic compound *

Petroleum ether Petroleum ether is the petroleum fraction consisting of aliphatic hydrocarbons and boiling in the range 35–60 °C, and commonly used as a laboratory solvent. Despite the name, petroleum ether is not an ether; the term is used only figurativ ...

, a petroleum fraction (not classified as an ether) * AETHER, an atmospheric radiative transfer algorithm * Efir, now called "Sfera," is a telecommunication project of the Russian Federation aiming to create a national Satellite constellation

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional elements

* Aether, a plot device of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Stones * Aether, an object in ''Aion'' (video game) * Aether, a character in 2020 video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

'' * Aether, an element of the '' Kaladesh'' expansion block of ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Aether, a fictional planet in 2004 video game '' Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' * Aether, an element in 2012 video game ''

Phantasy Star Online 2 is a free-to-play online action role-playing game in the ''Phantasy Star'' series, developed and published by Sega. It was created as a successor to '' Phantasy Star Online'' and '' Phantasy Star Universe'', ''Phantasy Star Online 2'' featu ...

'' * Ether, the building block of life in the ''

Xenoblade Chronicles ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' is a series of action role-playing games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo. The series began with the original '' Xenoblade Chronicles'' game, published for the Wii in 2010 in Japan, and released in ...

'' universe * Aether, a dimension added in a mod for the video game ''

Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...

'' * Aether, an ancient variety of entities present in '' Brandon Sanderson’s'' ''cosmere'' universe * Ether, one of the five attributes in 2024 video game ''

Zenless Zone Zero ''Zenless Zone Zero'' is a free-to-play action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo (with publishing outside mainland China under HoYoverse, Cognosphere, d/b/a ''HoYoverse''). The game was released on Windows, iOS, Android (oper ...

Gaming

* ''Aether'' (video game), 2008 * ''Aether Portal'', a special type of portal created with a Minecraft mod

Music

Artists

Ether (band) Ether were an alternative rock band from Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales formed in 1996. They had a minor UK hit single in 1998 with "Watching You". History The successful incarnation of the band was formed in 1996 by Rory Meredith (vocals, gui ...

, Welsh rock band 1996–1999 *

Æther Realm Æther Realm is an American heavy metal band from Greenville, North Carolina. Their music is a blend of melodic death metal and folk metal, with lyrical themes of fantasy and mythology. The band's influences include Wintersun and Children of Bo ...

American heavy metal band. (2010-Now)

Albums

* ''Aether'' (album), by The Necks, 2001 * ''Ether'' (Babble album), 1996 * ''Ether'' (B.o.B album), 2017 * ''Ether'' (Fischer-Z album), 2002

Songs

* "Ether" (song), a 2001 song by American rapper Nas * "Ether", a song by Arca from the 2021 album ''

Kick IIIII ''Kick IIIII'' (stylized as ''kiCK iiiii'') is the eighth studio album by Venezuelan record producer and singer Arca. The album was surprise released on 3 December 2021 as the fifth and final entry in the ''Kick'' quintet. The album was released ...

'' * "Ether", a song by Gang of Four from the 1979 album ''

Entertainment! ''Entertainment!'' is the debut album by English post-punk band Gang of Four. It was released in September 1979 through EMI Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in North America. Stylistically, it draws heavily on punk rock but also i ...

'' * "Ether" a song by Nothingface from the 2003 album ''

Skeletons A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is a rigid outer shell that holds up an organism's shape; the endoskeleton, a rigid internal fram ...

'' * "Aether", a song by In Hearts Wake from the 2015 album '' Skydancer'' * "Ether", a 2016 single by Make Them Suffer

Other uses

* Aether Industries, an Indian chemical manufacturing company * Ether (Book of Mormon prophet) * Ether, North Carolina, a place in the United States * Ether, a cryptocurrency generated in accordance with the

Ethereum Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. It is open-s ...

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