And those made the aether and its supposed properties more dubious.

这些使得以太及其假定的属性更加可疑。

Aether had to be fluid, yet super rigid, and also… massless.

以太必须是流动的，但又超级坚硬，而且… 没有质量。

By the late 19th century, our equipment was generally sensitive enough that scientists could try and detect the aether.

到 19 世纪末，我们的设备普遍足够灵敏，科学家可以尝试探测以太。

So no interference pattern meant no aether wind.

所以没有干扰模式就意味着没有以太风。

They called it the luminiferous aether, and once again space was A THING.

他们称它为发光的以太，空间再次成为现实。

Was there something else in the aether that forced Liz Truss his hand?

以太中是否还有其他东西迫使莉兹·特拉斯伸出手？

In Latin, aether was renamed quintessence, and was a big ingredient in alchemy-based medicines.

在拉丁语中，以太被重新命名为精髓，是炼金术药物的重要成分。

Like, he specified that aether moved in circles, and crystal spheres of the stuff held the celestial bodies.

比如，他具体阐释以太在圆圈中移动，物质的水晶球容纳着天体。

Their goal was to detect the relative motion of the Earth as it moved through stationary aether, because that supposedly created a " aether wind."

他们的目标是探测地球在静止的以太中移动时的相对运动，因为这据说会产生“以太风”。

To differentiate this more sciencey aether from its classical predecessor, scientists at the time called it the Luminiferous, or light-bearing, aether.

为了将这种更具科学性的以太与其经典的前身区分开来，当时的科学家称之为发光以太。