[Brilliant]

"We've closed this loophole about gravity, and we've come closer than ever to seeing this invisible matter," Clowe said.



I would not bet my inheritance on that.

[Hunble]

The Michelson-Morley experiment, one of the most important and famous experiments in the history of physics, was performed in 1887 by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley at what is now Case Western Reserve University, and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the theory of a luminiferous aether. Primarily for this work, Albert Michelson was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907.

Physics theories of the late 19th century postulated that, just as water waves must have a medium to move across (water), and audible sound waves require a medium to move through (air), so also light waves require a medium, the “luminiferous aether.” The speed of light being so great, designing an experiment to detect the presence and properties of this aether took considerable thought.