Many local residents are aware of the proposed basalt quarry that would be on Robbs Hill Road just east of Perry. The large quarry would be constructed alongside the Robbs Hill Creek drainage, leading ...

The basalt shared properties with a sample brought to Earth on Apollo 11, so researchers ground down the basalt into the very first lunar simulant. A sample of Minnesota Lunar Simulant, or MLS-1, at ...

Find out more about our Reverse Course series here. Mary Yap adjusts her hard hat and looks over the cavernous expanse of the Sunrock quarry in Butner, North Carolina. It’s a blast day and Yap is a ...