Where has it been used? Perhaps you could enlighten me.
I meant, scientists would rather call something "quantum foam" or "dark energy" or whatever instead of calling it aether, just because it has gotten, and forgive me, a "bad rap".
You're saying aether refracts the light to make the sun appear the same size throughout the day, right?
No, I didn't.
I'm suggesting that the light basically isn't being refracted. RE model doesn't require it.
You are right, perhaps the RE model is a tiny bit more elegant in this regard. This doesn't make it correct, though. The question though, which I should have stated clearer, should have been: what else could explain it in a FE model?
I know what a particle is. That's not what I'm asking. Are you saying that aether is nothing more than the existence of scarce particles above the atmosphere? How has it been shown?
The existence of a non-particulate aether follows directly from Einstein's work. The existence of of a particulate aether is shown in quantum physics. Furthermore, you have other examples of aether concepts such as dark energy etc scattered about.
So no, I am not saying that. It seems to be much more.