16-10-28 The next time someone asks you where the biggest ocean is, point them toward Jupiter. While Earth harbours about 320 million cubic miles (1,333 cubic km) of water, our planet is practically a desert compared to the rest of the Solar System. 下回有人...

16-08-25 Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri. The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red parent star every 11 days and has a te...

16-08-18 When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. I have not been altogether honest in what I have told you about the lamplighters. And I realize that I run the risk of giving a false idea of our planet to those who do n...

16-08-18 So then the seventh planet was the Earth. The Earth is not just an ordinary planet! One can count, there 111 kings (not forgetting, to be sure, the Negro kings among them), 7000 geographers, 900,000 businessmen, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conce...

16-08-18 The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books. Oh, look! Here is an explorer! he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming. The little prince sat down on the...

16-08-18 The fifth planet was very strange. It was the smallest of all. There was just enough room on it for a street lamp and a lamplighter. The little prince was not able to reach any explanation of the use of a street lamp and a lamplighter, somewhere in...

16-07-11 If you thought Luke Skywalkers home planet, Tatooine, was a strange world with its two suns in the sky, imagine this: a planet where youd either experience constant daylight or enjoy triple sunrises and sunsets each day, depending on the seasons, wh...

16-07-11 The fourth planet belonged to a businessman. This man was so much occupied that he did not even raise his head at the little princes arrival. Good morning, the little prince said to him. Your cigarette has gone out. Three and two make five. Five and...

16-07-11 The next planet was inhabited by a tippler. This was a very short visit, but it plunged the little prince into deep dejection. What are you doing there? he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a collection of empty bottl...

16-07-11 The second planet was inhabited by a conceited man. Ah! Ah! I am about to receive a visit from an admirer! he exclaimed from afar, when he first saw the little prince coming. For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers. Good morning, said the...