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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": 14294,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9737487186e8cdb500a5f193d1d1ff20",
            "title": "This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left",
            "description": "A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.",
            "content": "The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated scientists.\nThe iceberg, known as A23a, was once the largest on Earth, covering an area more than twice the size of Greater ... [6634 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-20f878f1-f4af-4022-9f62-b0515b9f4b20",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/images/ic/raw/p0n3ckmq.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T04:09:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "507724a4f909166103052c275b77b113",
            "title": "Nasa pulls off a real-life Armageddon with asteroid smash",
            "description": "For the first time, scientists have deliberately changed the course of a celestial body. Could it help save Earth from future catastrophic impacts?",
            "content": "It marked “humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object”.\nNew analysis has now examined the effect of the mission on the larger asteroid, as well as the asteroid moonlet.\nResearchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-­... [2535 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/nasas-dart-smashed-asteroid-off-orbit-in-real-life-armageddon-50xhv62mr",
            "image": "https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Faa9261c5-93b2-4ab4-8e24-1ab99f345c23.jpg?crop=1600%2C900%2C0%2C0&resize=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e0e1039092ec85a0b069e08b66bb337",
                "name": "The Times",
                "url": "https://www.thetimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "95fcf917f298af5f8f202e733546a5cc",
            "title": "Nasa issues major update on 220ft 'city killer' asteroid that scientists warned risks crashing into Moon at 38,000mph",
            "description": "NASA has revealed the results of a fresh probe into a \"city killer\" asteroid that scientists predicted would crash into the Moon.\nOriginally, it...",
            "content": "NASA has revealed the results of a fresh probe into a “city killer” asteroid that scientists predicted would crash into the Moon.\nOriginally, it was thought that asteroid 2024 YR4 may even smash into Earth – but that was later ruled out.\nAdvertisemen... [2494 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/38428292/nasa-update-220-ft-asteroid-risks-crashing-moon/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/asteroid-op.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T11:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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