Aether

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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
  • Diethyl ether, or simply ether, an organic compound
• 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

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

Other uses

• Aether Industries, an Indian chemical manufacturing company
• 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