Canada Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada Science News API

API 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 Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 141324,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c5fdb2d25942ada5ec69d40da308a9ca",
            "title": "For the first time ever, scientists create particles out of empty space",
            "description": "Physicists found evidence that hidden quark pairs in the vacuum may shape how matter forms in high-energy collisions.",
            "content": "The universe looks like it is mostly empty space. Remove the stars, planets, dust, and gas, and what remains is nothing at all.\nPhysics tells a stranger story. The vacuum is not truly empty. It is filled with restless energy and fleeting quantum fluc... [8010 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/for-the-first-time-ever-scientists-create-particles-out-of-empty-space/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/04/particles-1.webp?auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T14:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f6c180fb6e9139c6eba85ba034b3018b",
            "title": "SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky",
            "description": "As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit",
            "content": "Summary\nAround 10,000 Starlink satellites represent more than two-thirds of all satellites in low orbit, and SpaceX has ambitions to launch a million more — raising serious environmental and safety concerns.\nUsually satellites burn up on re-entry, le... [15091 chars]",
            "url": "https://thenarwhal.ca/space-junk-falling-50th-parallel/",
            "image": "https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/QA_Space-Junk_Night_Sky_3_WEB-1024x683.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9d601a0949f0493e5e5e091a977c5d27",
                "name": "The Narwhal",
                "url": "https://thenarwhal.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "504558718eee7fbbed5fe62ca0467664",
            "title": "'Bathtub Ring' points to vast ancient ocean on Mars",
            "description": "Mars may have once held a vast northern ocean, and a newly identified coastal shelf could be the strongest clue yet.",
            "content": "Mars may have once held a vast ocean across its northern lowlands, and the clearest clue may not be the faint shoreline traces scientists have argued over for years. Instead, it could be a broad, flattened band of terrain, a kind of planetary bathtub... [7442 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/bathtub-ring-points-to-vast-ancient-ocean-on-mars/",
            "image": "https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2026/04/Mars-2.jpg?auto=webp&width=2000&height=1262",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T11:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "112bf679e5854b6527eea31fa42dbada",
                "name": "The Brighter Side of News",
                "url": "https://www.thebrighterside.news"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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