A 225-million-year-old fossil discovered in Africa is rewriting the story of how dinosaurs first emerged. The fossilized leg bone, belonging to a little-known group of reptiles called silesaurs, challenges long-standing beliefs about the size and evolution of the earliest dinosaurs and their closest relatives. A Forgotten Fossil Resurfaces The fossil was first unearthed in 1963 in what is now Zambia …
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Credit, Richard M. Wicker – Denver Museum of Nature and Science For the staff at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, examining this newly found vertebrae from a 67-million-year old plant-eating dinosaur was just another day in the office. The surprise came in the form of its discovery—from right under the museum itself, which seems appropriate. Months ago, the …
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Hundreds of people lined up outside of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Monday morning (July 28), waiting for the doors to open and the curtains to drop on five newly renovated galleries devoted to aviation and space exploration history. The museum’s flagship building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. was on track to have more than …
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Star Wars creator George Lucas was greeted by huge queues, chants of his name and a standing ovation at his first appearance at Comic-Con International in San Diego yesterday. But he wasn’t there to talk about Star Wars or Indiana Jones. The panel was dedicated entirely the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Lucas appeared alongside rapper-actress Queen Latifah, filmmaker …
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During George Lucas’ first appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, he revealed some exciting Star Wars and Marvel items headed to his new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art that’s set to open in Los Angeles in 2026. Lucas, who was joined on stage by Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro, Academy Award-winning artist Doug Chiang, and Grammy- and Emmy-winning artist Queen …
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After breaking ground in 2018, Hall H got its first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art before it’s set to open its futuristic doors in 2026. With a personal collection from George Lucas’s 50-year art archive, the museum is set to feature artwork and never-before-seen pieces from Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo, Jessie Willcox Smith and more. The panel …
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George Lucas stepped into the San Diego Convention Center’s cavernous Hall H and stepped into history, as the legendary creator of Star Wars made his first ever appearance at Comic-Con, the popular arts convention that has partially been built off his stories and creations. It was the largest ever Sunday panel for the convention, according to sources, which usually sees its …
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It was arguably the first big Sunday AM panel post Covid at Comic-Con, as Star Wars creator George Lucas, 3x Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro and Oscar winning Death Becomes Her production designer Doug Chiang gathered to tease to a very packed Hall H, the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. For Lucas, it was the first time he’s appeared …
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — George Lucas is finally coming to the stage at Comic-Con. And while “Star Wars” is sure to get a mention, the 81-year-old is making his debut appearance at the San Diego pop cultural extravaganza for a more earthbound reason: a preview of his long-in-the-works Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. The Sunday panel discussion …
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A routine geothermal drilling project at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has led to a striking paleontological surprise. Scientists unexpectedly discovered a 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil buried 763 feet beneath the museum’s own parking lot—making it the deepest and oldest fossil ever unearthed in the Denver area. What They Found 763 Feet Down Shocked Everyone This unexpected find didn’t …
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