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(Narrator) From a spyglass to satellites, our backyard to the very edge of our solar

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system, every culture on every continent
has observed the Sun. We have been

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searching for the answers to the
mysteries of time and the seasons, the

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web of life on Earth and our place in
the universe. Our Sun has always been

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more than a ball of heat and light. Our
Sun through curious minds and innovative

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technology has allowed us to explore how the Northern Lights dance and how our

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solar system may have formed. The Sun is ours to discover.

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(music)

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(rattle)

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(whoosh)

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Before sophisticated satellites brought us vibrant images and wavelengths beyond our senses.

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People simply looked at the Sun. Although he was not alone in his pursuit in 1609 Galileo

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Galilei pioneered the use of the
telescope in order to observe and record

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sunspots. His detailed sketches, produced over the summer in 1612, revealed that

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the Sun was not a static orb in the sky
but a dynamic force.

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(static)

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Galileo's solar discoveries sparked an
academic interest in the Sun. Leading

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astronomers around the world to
investigate how the Sun shapes life on

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Earth. 400 years later astronomers with
increasingly complex satellite images

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investigate the origins and effects of
the sunspots Galileo first observed.

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(music)