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

他们称它为发光以太，空间再次成为现实。

Newton postulated rest and motion in relation to an immovable, absolute and featureless space, a concept which he later refined to that of the luminiferous ether.

牛顿假设静止和运与不可移、对和无特空间有关，念后来被他改进为发光以太念。

Einstein also put a nail into the coffin of the luminiferous aether, when he used special relativity to show that equations governing the electromagnetic force didn't need aether at all.

爱因斯坦还在发光以太棺材上钉了一颗钉子，当时他用狭义相对论证明控制电磁力方程根本不需要以太。