In a study published in 2014, scientists finally captured the movement of the sailing stones.The researchers fitted 15 rocks with motion-activated GPS instruments and installed a time-lapse camera ...

As long ago as the 1940s, the mysterious moving rocks of Death Valley National Park's Racetrack Playa have stumped scientists. How stones as heavy as 35 pounds (16kg) can bulldoze their way across ...

The 700-pound stones slide across Death Valley unassisted. — -- The mystery of the sailing stones has been solved. For years, enormous stones have been moving across the Racetrack Playa of ...

The Sailing Stones of Death Valley National Park have been studied by scientists since the early 20th century. But it took until 2014 to get an answer.

Reporting from Death Valley National Park, Calif. — The cracking sounds were ferocious. An ankle-deep, frozen lake in Death Valley National Park was breaking apart under sunny skies. As cousins ...

It marked the first time the sailing stones had been recorded in motion, leading to a pivotal – albeit it very, very thin – discovery that could explain how they move around.

One of these age-old mysteries, the sailing stones of Death Valley, fell into this category -- until now. A team of scientists have solved the mystery, and even caught it on video.

In 2013, a team of scientists using rocks with motion-activated GPS units and time-lapse photography captured the first video footage of the stones creeping across the desert floor.

The mystery of the sailing stones has been solved. For years, enormous stones have been moving across the Racetrack Playa of Death Valley National Park, leaving engraved trails in the muddy ...

In Racetrack Playa, a dry lakebed in Death Valley National Park, meteorological conditions can push rocks weighing up to 700 pounds along the flat ground. When you purchase through links on our ...

The mystery of the sailing stones has been solved. For years, enormous stones have been moving across the Racetrack Playa of Death Valley National Park, leaving engraved trails in the muddy ...