
Australia Science News API
Get the live top science headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Science News APIAPI Demonstration
This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Australia.
GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{ "totalArticles": 1278132, "articles": [ { "id": "22ab791450e1da054b2905857cc930a9", "title": "Australia's SpIRIT nanosatellite completes first phase of mission", "description": "The first phase of the SpIRIT nanosatellite mission was marked with the deployment of its winged thermal management system and a selfie.", "content": "Australia’s SpIRIT nanosatellite has successfully completed the first phase of its mission, marking a milestone achievement for Australia’s place and reputation in the global space industry.\nLed by the University of Melbourne, in collaboration with t... [2806 chars]", "url": "https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/australias-spirit-nanosatellite-completes-first-phase-of-mission/61953/", "image": "https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/selfies-from-space-aus-1-scaled.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-09-23T10:22:05Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "e6ab3454d2a90a086450e54bcc180c95", "name": "Innovation News Network", "url": "https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "6549eab1e11b225b5bd202e584d91c08", "title": "Solar Fuel Conundrum Nears Solution", "description": "Solar energy stored in the form of fuel is something scientists hope could partially replace fossil fuels in the future. Researchers at Lund", "content": "\"We can now see previously hidden mechanisms that would allow iron-based molecules to transfer charge more efficiently to acceptor molecules. This could effectively remove one of the biggest obstacles to producing solar fuels using common metals,\" sa... [2401 chars]", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/solar-fuel-conundrum-nears-solution-1538830/", "image": "https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/sites/www.lunduniversity.lu.se/files/styles/lu_wysiwyg_full_desktop/public/2025-09/SolUnsplash.jpg.webp?itok=fw19zWcB", "publishedAt": "2025-09-23T09:38:00Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675", "name": "Mirage News", "url": "https://www.miragenews.com", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "ea6233ba8467aa020172960c0e7bf4ea", "title": "How scientists brought back Melbourne’s most famous orangutan", "description": "Kiani is gone. But in another, perhaps more important respect, she is not gone at all. Just “taxidermied”. And on ice.", "content": "Kiani led a full life, even by Sumatran orangutan standards. The oldest member of Melbourne Zoo’s orangutan troupe, Kiani learnt to paint, she played video games and watched movies. She was given voice by Sigrid Thornton in a television commercial. S... [7734 chars]", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/how-scientists-brought-back-melbourne-s-most-famous-orangutan-20250923-p5mx9u.html", "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2974%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_theage_no_label_no_age_social_wm/7a991d334227a537ffd47ccae4316262cd035ef1", "publishedAt": "2025-09-23T09:28:00Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe", "name": "The Age", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au", "country": "au" } } ] }