Enormous solar 'belches' rip the tail off a passing comet

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Visions of Sun's great 'belches'
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Vienna

Nasa's Stereo orbiters have captured stunning new images of spaceborne debris thrown out from the Sun.

The twin spacecraft have seen Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) hurling material into a comet, ripping off its tail.

Scientists hope the probes will allow better forecasting of CMEs, which sometimes disrupt communication systems on Earth.

The research was presented at a major science and environment conference in Vienna.

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