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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": 130758,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f8dd1b654abda4c5d74f9d695fd362ac",
            "title": "Chasing its tail in the cosmos",
            "description": "Scientists, including Waterloo's Professor Lisa Dang from the physics and astronomy department, have discovered a huge cloud of helium gas is escaping from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-12. . .",
            "content": "Scientists, including Waterloo's Professor Lisa Dang from the physics and astronomy department, have discovered a huge cloud of helium gas is escaping from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-121 b, an \"ultra-hot Jupiter.\" Using the James Webb Space... [2944 chars]",
            "url": "https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/university/1/1175445/astronomers-spot-massive-gas-streams-flowing-from-ultra-hot-jupiter-that-rewrite-expectations-for-these-massive-giants-of-space.html",
            "image": "https://educationnewscanada.com/images_logo/banniere_15520.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-10T05:12:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0318f209f32e19de673b9d1d31904a03",
                "name": "Education News Canada",
                "url": "https://educationnewscanada.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3067073dc42a029a00371f0d6787d924",
            "title": "Astronaut Jonny Kim safely returns from ISS, proclaims: 'Love is the greatest thing'",
            "description": "Astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after departing the ISS.",
            "content": "Dec. 9 (UPI) -- NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky safely touched down in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after departing the International Space Station.\nThe trio returned to Earth aboard the Soyuz MS-27 space... [1943 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/astronaut-jonny-kim-safely-returns-221137133.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/united_press_international_articles_356/ce36e32e036b4fa08748f88f38292e4c",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-09T22:11:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6069c2de5fffbf83ff3509b8510cd457",
            "title": "New NASA sensor goes hunting for critical minerals",
            "description": "Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth's surface some 60,000 feet below. In collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the flights are part of the largest airborne campaign of its kind in the country's history.",
            "content": "Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth's surface some 60,000 feet below. In collaboration with the U.S. G... [4770 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2025-12-nasa-sensor-critical-minerals.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2025/new-nasa-sensor-goes-h.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-09T20:28:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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