Michelson and Morley experiment question (1 Viewer)

[raymond0318]

I am confused about what the aim of the experiment was, was it:
- attempting to measure the velocity of Earth through aether?
- to prove the existence of aether?
- to measure the velocity of light through the aether in different directions?

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[nightweaver066]

To measure the relative velocity of Earth through the aether.

 

[Kimyia]

To measure the relative velocity of Earth through the aether.

+1. And by doing that it was trying to prove the existence of the aether, only they got the null result and ended up discrediting the aether model.