The Sun Of all the stars in our galaxy we find our Sun the most important. For the sun supports life on earth and keeps the planets in a certain "line".Without the sun we could not survive. History of the Sun People have studied the stars since day one. Many cultures have studied and worshiped the sun. This was the earliest form of studying the moon. In 1611Galileo, using the telescope that he invented, discovered dark spots on the moon. Galileo blazed the way for study of the sun. His observations helped to lead the sun being viewed as an evolving body. Soon its properties and variations were understood scientifically. After Galileo the next major dis