United States Science News API

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

Get API key for the United States 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 States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 51790,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "63db8edb9fcc9f1fb393811091f9ea48",
            "title": "Giant marine predator Tylosaurus rex was the T. rex of the sea",
            "description": "There’s a newly crowned T. rex. This one, called Tylosaurus rex, was a tyrant of the sea and mosasaur spanning up to 43 feet in length.",
            "content": "Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. Now, the name “T. rex” also belongs to a newly described extinct carnivore — a massive marine reptile with the scientific name Tylosaurus rex that a trio of researchers unco... [6691 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/28/science/tylosaurus-rex-mosasaur-new-species",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2-tylosaurus-rex-holotype-skeleton-courtesy-of-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T14:30:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "85f8800d43ff8cb9669528ce8baebcc6",
            "title": "A rare blue micromoon arrives this weekend and won't be back until December 2028. Here's what to expect.",
            "description": "A rare blue micromoon will appear in night skies this weekend. Here's what to expect.",
            "content": "A blue micromoon will make a rare appearance this weekend, offering skywatchers a sight they won't have a chance to witness again until the very end of 2028.\nThe blue micromoon is a blue moon that's the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of ... [2215 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-micromoon-how-to-see-it/",
            "image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/28/914f41c8-a101-4c8b-8002-6017f6811205/thumbnail/1200x630/44ede74f61d7bf27c5805035f1f9f37a/ap26122209557727.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T14:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "56a25b6622659d8b9659f5f5aecdb0b3",
            "title": "Chandrayaan-2 finds strong evidence for ice in 'doubly-shadowed' lunar craters",
            "description": "Science News: BENGALURU: Scientists working with India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft have discovered strong evidence of ice buried beneath the floor of the Moon’s sout.",
            "content": "BENGALURU: Scientists working with India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft have discovered strong evidence of ice buried beneath the floor of the Moon’s south pole region in \"doubly-shadowed\" craters, a finding that could prove critical for future human mis... [3118 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/chandrayaan-2-finds-strong-evidence-for-ice-in-doubly-shadowed-lunar-craters/articleshow/131372131.cms",
            "image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131372261,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-600/photo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T14:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c931d3332c3a87c89b804230892aa64",
                "name": "The Times of India",
                "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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