Aether

Aether, æther or ether may refer to:

Historical science and mythology

  • Aether (mythology), the personification of the bright upper sky
  • Aether (classical element), the material believed to fill the universe above the terrestrial sphere
  • Aether theories, proposing space-filling substance that propagates electromagnetic or gravitational forces
    • Luminiferous aether, the postulated medium for the propagation of light

Science and engineering

  • Ether, a class of chemical compounds
  • Petroleum ether, 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
  • 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
  • Ether, the building block of life in the Xenoblade Chronicles universe
  • 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

Gaming

  • Aether (video game), 2008
  • The Aether (mod), a 2011 mod for the video game Minecraft that adds a new dimension
  • Aether, the male protagonist of Genshin Impact, a 2020 video game

Music

Artists

  • Ether (band), Welsh rock band 1996–1999
  • Æther Realm 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
  • "Ether", a song by Gang of Four from the 1979 album Entertainment!
  • "Ether" a song by Nothingface from the 2003 album Skeletons
  • "Aether", a song by In Hearts Wake from the 2015 album Skydancer
  • "Ether", a 2016 single by Make Them Suffer

Companies

  • Aether Biomachines, an American artificial intelligence company
  • Aether Industries, an Indian chemical manufacturing company

Other uses

  • Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)
  • Ether, North Carolina, a place in the United States
  • Ether, a cryptocurrency generated in accordance with the Ethereum protocol

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Ether
  • All pages with titles beginning with Aether
  • All pages with titles beginning with Æther
  • All pages with titles containing ether
  • Aethyr (disambiguation)
  • Aither (disambiguation)
  • Ethereal (disambiguation)
  • Ethernet, a computer communications technology