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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": 14134,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c8fa5d89e50baf43152b0e7c4633b4eb",
            "title": "Nasa astronauts' moon mission likely to be delayed",
            "description": "The mission to the far side of the Moon and back will likely be postponed after problems with were spotted with its rocket, a Nasa official said.",
            "content": "Nasa has said that its early March launch day for its highly anticipated lunar mission would almost definitely be pushed back, after the agency spotted problems with the system's helium flow in safety checks.\nOn Friday, the space agency said that its... [1946 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626v265zqlo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/39f8/live/6cc0a920-0f4d-11f1-9a2a-8fa7cf422a25.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-21T17:58:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "03ff5a9be57f2f694aa6284f1e6b85d9",
            "title": "The Manchester-made tool reducing space satellite crashes",
            "description": "The tool links what a satellite needs to do, like capturing high‑resolution images, with collision risks.",
            "content": "Researchers at the University of Manchester have created a new system that could help stop satellites from crashing into each other in Earth's increasingly crowded orbits.\nThe tool links what a satellite needs to do, like capturing high‑resolution im... [443 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy57k5q2945o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/bc6d/live/a3a7d1e0-0b36-11f1-89e7-89779f9c687a.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-21T07:15:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e647e97bb6732152dcac88d5ec0b707a",
            "title": "6 planets align in the sky this month: Here's how you can see",
            "description": "A rare celestial display is on the way later this month, as a striking planetary alignment is set to become visible in the night sky.",
            "content": "Shortly after sunset on February 28th, astronomers from the Royal Observatory say Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter will appear in a roughly straight line in what is known as a \"planetary parade\".\nThey added most of the planets sho... [1484 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/25872227.6-planets-align-sky-month-can-see/",
            "image": "https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/resources/images/20566227.jpg?type=og-image",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-21T03:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "93031d09def800d8b40ed8cf0db0144e",
                "name": "Bournemouth Echo",
                "url": "https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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