Explain Aether

[SmarterThanGod]

Can someone explain aether to me in depth? I hear talk about it, and feel rediculous not knowing what they're talking about.

[jcsd]

brief description and history of the ether:
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Ether.html

There's not much to say about the ether (not to be confused with the class of substances in organic chemisty of the same name) except that it is a defunct physical model.