The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through time and huge amounts of dust to capture a new image of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing the spinning ring of colour in unprecedented clarity, NASA and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. Located around 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor, the Cartwheel gained its shape
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Liz Truss has extended her lead over Rishi Sunak among Tory members, according to a new poll, after the foreign secretary U-turned on a plan to link public sector pay to regional living costs. On Monday night, the leadership race frontrunner said she would save £8.8bn by introducing regional pay boards instead of national ones
“I don’t wear hyper revealing outfits anymore…Or if I do, you can guarantee that I’m in a gay club.” Despite spending over three decades working as a DJ, and even longer in the dance music scene, DJ Paulette tells Sky News her experience of sexual abuse at work has not only led her to modify
The Bank of England has imposed the biggest interest rate hike since 1995 in a bid to tackle inflation, but is adding significant costs to borrowers in the process. Consumer finance experts told Sky News there were significant savings to be had by switching to a fixed rate mortgage deal and shopping around for higher
Archie Battersbee’s life support is set to be switched off at 11am today, pending another last-ditch attempt by his family to postpone the move. The parents of the brain-damaged 12-year-old had said his treatment would be brought to an end on Wednesday morning after they lost a Supreme Court bid to keep it going. But
Rebekah Vardy said she feels “let down by the legal system” in her first interview since losing the Wagatha Christie libel case against Coleen Rooney. Vardy, who is married to Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy, appeared to become emotional in a teaser clip released ahead of an interview with TalkTV. Last week, the 40-year-old lost
The US has no DNA confirmation of the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul – but has verified his identity through “multiple” other sources, the White House has said. Al-Zawahiri, one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks, was killed in a US drone strike on a home in the Afghan capital
The energy price cap will remain above £3,500 a year throughout most of 2023, according to the latest dire forecast for household bills. The prediction, from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight, comes as families gear up for what is set to be the toughest winter for decades amid mounting costs on almost every front as inflation
Faster and farther – those are two of the most common requests from many e-bike riders who rely on their bikes for daily trips. The Lectric XP e-bike is already quite fast at 28 mph (45 km/h), but now it is going farther than ever thanks to a big battery upgrade launched today by the
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with parliamentary leaders in Moscow, Russia July 7, 2022. Aleksey Nikolskyi | Sputnik | Reuters Russia is facing “economic oblivion” in the long-term because of international sanctions and the flight of businesses, several economists have said. The International Monetary Fund last week upgraded Russia’s gross domestic product estimate
Communications Workers Union General Secretary Dave Ward said that BT’s Chief Executive is “ripping off” workers and customers at the same time. He spoke from the picket line as thousands of BT and Openreach staff walked out over a pay dispute. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who is one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee, responds to GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy’s claim that he doesn’t remember telling Cassidy Hutchinson to not let Trump go to the Capitol on January 6. #CNN #News
Moves to end Archie Battersbee’s life support have been delayed again as his parents appealed against the withdrawal of their brain-damaged son’s treatment. The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed it had received the application and would consider it as a matter of urgency. The hospital said it would not begin withdrawing any treatment until the
In this article UBER Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., speaks during an interview in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber reported a second-quarter loss on Tuesday but beat analyst estimates for revenue. Shares of Uber popped 12% in premarket trading. Here
Liz Truss has U-turned on her latest leadership policy pitch to “wage war on Whitehall waste” after a Tory backlash over its impact on public sector pay. On Monday night, the foreign secretary said she would save £8.8m by introducing regional pay boards instead of national ones to set salaries for civil servants, reflecting where
TV viewers, this is Sky News. You are receiving the news that Big Brother is set to return – please do not swear. Yes, after a five-year break, the seminal reality show – which sees housemates living together with no access to the outside world, cameras capturing their every move – is making a comeback
Scientists combined data from NASA’s New Horizons mission with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto’s moon Charon and how it may have formed. This first-ever description of Charon’s dynamic methane atmosphere using new experimental data provides a fascinating glimpse into the origins of this
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to arrive in Taiwan later today amid escalating tensions in Beijing over the impending visit. While there has been no official announcement, local media in Taiwan has reported that Ms Pelosi will arrive in Taipei on Tuesday. The US airforce jet that Ms Pelosi flew on to Malaysia
12:17 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com For one memorable set on Monday night in front of a sold-out crowd at the Citi Open, Venus Williams seemed to have rediscovered her former dominance. Battling the lingering heat and humidity of the Washington, D.C., evening — and Canadian qualifier Rebecca Marino across the net — Williams chased down
BP has reported a second-quarter profit of £6.9bn ($8.45bn) – its highest in 14 years – at a time when consumer fuel prices have been at record highs. BP’s underlying replacement cost profit, the company’s definition of net earnings, was the strongest since 2008 and far exceeded analysts’ expectations of £5.6bn ($6.8bn). That compares to