Ether was the favorite medium in the late 19th and early 20th century for scientists to describe many phenomena like light. Lorentz and later Einstein with his special theory of relativity stripped ether of all its qualities and left it with only one esoteric property; its immobilility. The special theory of relativity neither proves nor disproves the non-existence of ether. A nice talk given by Albert Einstein on this subject can be accessed here.
In a recent article published in Nature (in case you do not know, it is a highly reputed and sought after Journal), astronomers claim that they have found evidence that suggests dark matter is omnipresent. An article about this appeared in bbc a few days ago (link to bbc article). This article made me wonder whether we have moved at all from the yesteryear concept of ether. We have changed the name to "dark matter", but is our conception any different? I am not sure, but is sure interesting to think about.
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