After years of speculation and failed theories, researchers finally caught the rocks in motion. Discover the natural forces ...

Start at the Furnace Creek visitor center in Death ... Valley. The weather is harsh enough there to serve an analogue for weather conditions on Mars. But then he discovered the sailing stones.

ice shove is what causes the stones to travel. While Death Valley is exceedingly hot in the summer, winter nights can dip below freezing, especially at higher altitudes (Racetrack Playa is at ...

Deep in the California Desert lies a spot known as Death Valley. But unlike ghost towns, dinosaurs, and other fossils one can find in the desert, in Death Valley rocks seem to have come alive. For ...

The rocks in question occupy a spot called Racetrack Playa in Death Valley. Playas are desert ... On one occasion, two rocks were recorded traveling 65 meters over 16 minutes, with a peak rate ...

Thriving in ‘hell on Earth’ Death Valley, it turns out, has a little Las Vegas-style hype in its history. The ancestral homelands of the Timbisha Shoshone, the area got its name from a squad ...