Monday, December 17, 2012: SPACE.com reader Chris Spiegel sent in his photo of a Geminid meteor under the Ocean Grove, NJ, pier, taken Dec. 14, 2012. He wrote: "The pier was heavily damaged during ...

Cliff, shmiff. Holiday shoppers brushed aside concerns about impending fiscal doom (which Congress averted, sort of) to drive new-car sales to their best December since 2007. Pickups trucks remained ...