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The Sun's great 'belches'

BBC news: 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.

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