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American Museum of Natural History officials and members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon gathered today in the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space to mark the 10th anniversary of an historic agreement recognizing the Tribes' spiritual and cultural connection to the Willamette Meteorite, which is the centerpiece of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Hall of the Universe, and affirming the Museum's role in maintaining public access to it.

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The American Museum of Natural History is launching a double feature of the Museum's space shows as part of the year-long celebration commemorating the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space. The double feature includes the Museum's first two space shows: "Passport to the Universe" (narrated by Tom Hanks), which launches visitors on a thrilling trip through space and time; and "The Search For Life: Are We Alone?" (narrated by Harrison Ford), which explores a question that has always captivated the human imagination: does life exist beyond Earth?

These space shows are playing Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. For more information, visit http://www.amnh.org

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In 1998, astrophysicists discovered a baffling phenomenon: the Universe is expanding at an ever-faster rate. Either an enigmatic force called dark energy is to blameor a reworking of gravitational theory is in order. In this new Science Bulletins video, watch a Fermilab team assemble the Dark Energy Camera, a device that could finally solve this space-stretching mystery.

Science Bulletins is a production of the National Center for Science Literacy, Education, and Technology (NCSLET), part of the Department of Education at the American Museum of Natural History. Each Bulletin is produced by AMNHs curatorial and scientific staff and a team of video producers, designers, writers, and educators using state-of-the-art technologies such as high-definition video and 3-D computer graphics to present the latest research.

For more information visit http://www.amnh.org

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On September 30, 2010, a NASA space telescope called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, completed its sweeping goal: to record observations of the entire sky in infrared light. The WISE science team is now sifting through the telescope's two million images to spot objects that no astronomer has ever seen before. WISE's most intriguing finds will include mysterious objects called brown dwarfs, blacker-than-coal asteroids, and the Universe's brightest galaxies. All told, WISE's data will yield a new picture of the Universe, from our local region to the remotest reaches, and from the distant past to the present. In this Astro Bulletin, watch the WISE team launch and focus this unique eye on the sky.

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Yale University's Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, an a cappella group, performed a short set of songs in the Rose Center for Earth and Space's Cullman Hall of the Universe at the American Museum of Natural History on March 8, 2010. Formed in 1938 at the Ivy League university, the group entertained museum visitors with songs ranging from jazz and blues standards to popular hits from the likes of Jeff Buckley.

Produced/Edited by James Sims. For more information, visit http://www.amnh.org.

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The American Museum of Natural History began the process of separating two long-time combatants -- barosaurus and allosaurus skeletons -- that have shared the same display mount in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda since they were first installed in 1991. The separation kicked off with curator Mark Norell overseeing the first ceremonial cut in the mount.

By the end of the six-week project, an eight-food-wide pathway will be cut through the dinosaur mount to allow visitors to walk between the towering barosaurus and allosaurus for the first time.

Produced/Edited by James Sims. For more information visit http://www.amnh.org

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New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz shares his passion for both puzzles and ping pong.

Shortz, a panelist at a recent Museum program, "This is Your Brain on Ping Pong," says that he enjoys making puzzles that are difficult, but not impossible.

For more puzzles and brain teasers, visit the exhibition "Brain: The Inside Story."

For tickets and more information: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/brain/

Produced and edited by Jill Bauerle