Forecasters say Hurricane Felicia is still a well-organized storm system with a defined eye and impressive spiral banding.
The storm has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane.  Winds are now at 100 mph and it’s traveling towards Hilo at about 45 mph.
Forecasters expect the storm to be a tropical storm by [...]

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Astronomers say that the planet Jupiter has likely been struck by a comet.
Pictures taken early on Monday morning by NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii reveal a dark scar in Jupiter’s atmosphere near the south pole of the planet.
The images also show bright upwelling particles in the atmosphere, detected in near-infrared wavelengths.
“We were extremely [...]

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