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Canada Science News API

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

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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": 139198,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f0a367a96e57186a81d2e2bc49c25005",
            "title": "The night something besides rain fell from the sky",
            "description": "Read news, stories, & coverage of the people and communities in the Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.",
            "content": "Flash! A couple of minutes later, boom! Double boom even.\nWithin minutes, various Facebook community groups across the Lower Mainland—particularly in Metro Vancouver, and even more particularly in the Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody... [5540 chars]",
            "url": "https://bccatholic.ca/voices/peter-vogel-bccath/the-night-something-besides-rain-fell-from-the-sky",
            "image": "https://files-prod.tilmaplatform.com/cdn-cgi/image/gravity=0.5x0.5,fit=cover,width=1200/2026/03/11/20/35/05/b9537a2b-0edb-4c90-a432-485f94856324/image.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T21:05:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0394dcf3b40e1c5ac42c5bd75ff66e39",
                "name": "The B.C. Catholic",
                "url": "https://bccatholic.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "028694b6577327b0d8f8b052d4ee66b9",
            "title": "Old NASA science satellite plunges back to Earth",
            "description": "CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday.",
            "content": "Home\nNews\nWorld\nUnited States\nNew for subscribers! Gift this article to friends and family for free.\nGot it!\nSave asset to your list\nPlease log in to use this feature\nLog In or Sign Up\nYOUR MORNING HEADLINES\nGet the day’s most important headlines del... [3481 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thespec.com/news/world/united-states/old-nasa-science-satellite-plunges-back-to-earth/article_45942f64-81ba-5352-a7b5-4d764882070d.html",
            "image": "https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thespec.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/bd/2bdb5a43-2368-5ef3-a2c8-11c2d30b6956/69b1da48350a2.image.jpg?crop=1918%2C1007%2C0%2C36&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T21:03:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6d200f872a962c9b68113fafd7050a72",
                "name": "The Spec",
                "url": "https://www.thespec.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3a845d082dc8973e827c8fec8c4d7931",
            "title": "Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits",
            "description": "Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.",
            "content": "Scientists have discovered that before black holes collide with neutron stars and merge, these extreme stellar remnants can swirl around each other in oval orbits rather than in circular orbits. The revelation demonstrates another way in which black ... [2624 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/black-hole-and-neutron-star-mergers-push-the-laws-of-physics-with-their-odd-orbits",
            "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EmaYyXsYbtCknzr4JwN2JD-1600-80.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T21:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "024dd4370bda9e6e6791231c2a935d20",
                "name": "Space",
                "url": "https://www.space.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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