United Kingdom Science News API

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

Get API key for the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 16464,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "53a9ab1f52414ff8de1f6ed66d332752",
            "title": "Astronomers might have decoded a mysterious signal from space",
            "description": "Something in the universe is sending powerful, regular bursts towards Earth – and now researchers think they have decoded what it is",
            "content": "Scientists think they might have decoded the origin of some of the most mysterious and powerful signals coming from space.\nResearchers have long been puzzled by “long-period radio transients”, which send out regular powerful blasts of radio waves and... [1651 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/space/cosmic-signal-star-white-dwarf-b2987364.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/05/30/06/Emirates_Milky_Way_56798.jpg?width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T15:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "66656fbfc0d088368b0e15886b304f6f",
            "title": "The ballooning landfill sites making lives hell",
            "description": "Residents in Cumbria report eggy stench waking them at night as rubbish from Scotland, Wales and the Midlands is ‘rammed in’ to local tips",
            "content": "When Rachel and Glen Shaw moved into their new home it felt like a dream come true – a cottage in a forest clearing with a big back garden for their lamb and dog to roam.\nThen the smell began.\nThe stench of rotten eggs and chemicals began wafting thr... [8051 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/01/ballooning-landfill-sites-making-lives-hell/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2026/06/01/TELEMMGLPICT000481462926_17803041283010_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqzsG1RmRUWpnHvml0pBVGHIQ9JDLF_hAqwP29n5pegcw.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T12:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e5976294fd311bba2def41d57c210c2",
            "title": "NASA releases new terrifying details as meteor explodes near Massachusetts",
            "description": "NASA has now confirmed a meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart on Saturday May 30",
            "content": "NASA has now confirmed a meteor was travelling at 75,000 miles per hour (more than 120,000 km/h) at an altitude of 40 miles when it broke apart on Saturday May 30\nA meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the north-eastern United States on Saturda... [1777 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/nasa-meteor-explodes-near-massachusetts-37227384",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37227358.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_An-atmospheric-flash.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T03:15:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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