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

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.

牛顿假设静止和运动与不可移动、绝对和无特空间有关，这个概念后来被改进为发光以太概念。

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上钉了一颗钉子，当时用狭义相对论证明控制电磁力方程根本不需要以太。