Space-Filling Aether Theory Makes Comeback

Learn more about your favourite topics in science in the easiest and most engaging way possible with Brilliant! First 30 days are free and 20% off the annual premium subscription when you use our link ➜ https://brilliant.org/sabine. In the 19th century, scientists came up with the idea of the “aether,” a medium that filled all of space and allowed forces to travel from one place to another. While this was famously proved wrong by the Michelson-Morley experiment, the idea of the aether made a comeback. The new aether is compatible with Einstein’s theories and could explain dark energy and maybe even dark matter. Let’s take a look. Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract... This video comes with a quiz which you can take here: https://quizwithit.com/start_thequiz/... 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜   / sabine   📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsle... 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXl... 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜    / @sabinehossenfelder   🖼️ On instagram ➜   / sciencewtg   #science #sciencenews #physics