The vast Universe cannot be understood without studying the structure of tiny atoms and the quantum laws of starlight. The science of astrophysics explores space using both telescopes and microscopes. And space detectives are a new profession, born at the intersection of the microcosm and space. Many people believe that this is the most interesting profession in the world. Want to know more about her? Then this book is for you! Are fairy tales always about Vasilis the Beautiful and Koshchei the Immortals? But no! Here is a new book of very unusual “scientific fairy tales” based on real events. The young reader will learn: - about Ptolemy, who hid the Earth in a crystal ball; – about Copernicus, who stopped the Sun and moved the Earth; – about Slipher, who discovered that galaxies are scattering from us in different directions, and about other fabulously fascinating stories from the lives of scientists and inventors who study the vastness of the Universe.