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

他们称它为发光的以太，空间为现实。

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.

牛顿假设静止和运动与不可移动的、绝对的和无特的空间有关，这个概念后来被他改进为发光以太的概念。

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的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的方程根本不需要以太。