Aether

Aether, æther or ether may refer to:

Metaphysics and mythology

• Aether (classical element), the material supposed to fill the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere
• Aether (mythology), the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology

Science and engineering

• Aether theories in physics
• Luminiferous aether, in late nineteenth century physics considered to be the medium through which light propagates
• Ether, a class of chemical compounds, or specifically:
  • Diethyl ether, which has the common name "ether"
• Ether (cryptocurrency), created as part of the distributed computing platform Ethereum
• AETHER, an atmospheric radiative transfer algorithm
• Aether in telecommunication - open source platform for 5G/LTE-Edge-Cloud-as-a-Service by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF)

Arts and media

Gaming

• Aether (video game), a 2008 puzzle game
• Aether, a fictional planet, main setting for the 2004 video game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• Aether, a gatherable object in Aion (video game)
• Aether, a realm in Call of Duty: Zombies
• Aether (previously Æther), a type of energy in Multiverse (Magic: The Gathering)
• Aether, one of the first Minecraft mods to be made

Music

Artists

• Ether (band), Welsh rock band (1996–1999)
• Ether, US-based Australian rock group better known as Memento, disbanded 2007

Albums

• Æther Shanties, a 2009 album by Seattle Steampunk band Abney Park
• Aether (album),a 2001 album by Australian jazz trio The Necks
• Ether (Babble album), a 1996 album by British–New Zealand electronic dance music group Babble
• Ether (B.o.B album), a 2017 album by American rapper B.o.B.
• Ether (Fischer-Z album), a 2008 experimental music project by British rock group Fischer-Z, the creative product of British multimedia artist John Watts
• Ether Song, a 2003 album by British band Turin Brakes.

Songs

• "Ether" (song), a 2001 song by American rapper Nas
• "Aether", a song by Robin Hitchcock on his compilation album You & Oblivion
• "Ether", a 2016 single by heavy metal band Make Them Suffer

Other media

• Aether–The Reality Stone (Red gem), a weapon and plot device in Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appeared in the film Thor: The Dark World

Other uses

• Ether (Book of Mormon prophet), a prophet from the Book of Mormon
• Ether, North Carolina
• Aether, a mountain bike from Bird Cycleworks

See also

• Aither (disambiguation)
• Aethyr (disambiguation)
• Ether
• Ethernet, a computer communications technology