We finished breakfast quickly, and the four of us took off in our little “foreign” car down the road into the dark December morning ... through their city night after night, day after day ...

On Dec. 31, 1862, cloaked by what likely was a cold, dark night in the dead of winter, groups of Americans of African descent — some free, others still enslaved — gathered together in secret.

Bonus: the dark part of the moon will glow with earthshine ... Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks The Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of December 12, while the Ursids meteor shower runs from ...

The night sky will put on an annual show when the Geminid meteor shower peaks between late Dec. 13 and dawn on Dec ... as 30 to 50 meteors an hour on a dark night away from areas with street ...