Word: smallest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Indeed, Marcy announced last year that he'd found a planet the size of Saturn--the smallest yet discovered. "We think we can get down to the level of Neptunes," he says, "which are only 10 times as massive as Earth." Despite having so many planets in hand, Marcy and other astronomers haven't found anything like our home solar system: most of the planets found elsewhere are not only huge, but they career around in orbits that would fling smaller, Earth-like planets out into space--a discouraging start to the search for life in the galaxy, though...
...smallest grant, $150, went to Students for Choice to make an informational display in the Science Center about the U.S. presidential candidates' voting records on abortion-related issues. The group also received a second grant of $250 to fund a panel presentation...
...reports varied in scope from research-intensive reviews of student achievement to the smallest of details, like repairing band equipment and using seatbelts on busses...
...have one of the smallest wrestling rooms in the country," Weiss says. "I don't really want to move, because the MAC is close to the kids. But kids are being injured because of the size of the room...
...Rationale: "It is a mini van, but it is the smallest mini van around, and that helps because we live in Cambridge and need to be able to park in small spaces...