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The wave theory of light was a theory developed in the 19th century, postulating that light travels as a wave through a medium known as the luminiferous ether. The theory was of great historical importance, but it was superseded by the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics, due partly to the Michelson–Morley experiment and its successors. Light is now viewed as both a particle and a wave.

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