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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": 1323052,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ed9e56affffe776218b8a344c1c59724",
            "title": "Astronomers discover most powerful \"odd radio circle\" twins ever detected",
            "description": "\"Odd radio circles\" are enormous and unexplained phenomena that can only be detected using radio telescopes​.",
            "content": "Deep in outer space, astronomers have discovered another \"odd radio circle\" — the latest in a short list of mysterious rings that surround distant galaxies — and researchers say this one is particularly peculiar.\n\"Odd radio circles,\" or ORCs, are eno... [1804 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-powerful-odd-radio-circle-twins-ever-detected/",
            "image": "https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/10/15/4d2504e7-614f-4ed5-bd89-1223a0489a5b/thumbnail/1200x630/c2a824da83eb8c59aeca31b523f84ef5/rad-orc-animation-screengrab.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-15T21:31:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0aaa5119c9d717ef840bb771debd636e",
            "title": "Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets",
            "description": "“We’re trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy.”…",
            "content": "The Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket have been attached at the hip for the better part of two decades. The big rocket lifts, the smaller spacecraft flies, and Congress keeps the money rolling in.\nBut now there are signs that the twain ... [7409 chars]",
            "url": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/once-unthinkable-nasa-and-lockheed-now-consider-launching-orion-on-other-rockets/",
            "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/jsc2025e016293large-1152x648.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-15T20:22:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344add8dabb753d03641ce9f246787ad",
                "name": "Ars Technica",
                "url": "https://arstechnica.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "58f1e69bec45e568afc1151a8c6390be",
            "title": "Three-Legged Baby Struggling To Survive Alone In Jungle Needed A Miracle",
            "description": "Rescuers rushed to save a baby who was surviving all alone in the jungle.",
            "content": "Earlier this year, dog rescue Happy Doggo got a call about a puppy in Thailand who desperately needed their help. The pup had been hanging around a construction site in the jungle, and the managers of the site were about to get rid of her — by any me... [1881 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/three-legged-baby-struggling-to-survive-alone-in-jungle-needed-a-miracle",
            "image": "https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/3200142/1200x600/crop;;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=85.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-15T17:25:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c09119a75c7cd080b0de52c4ca37525",
                "name": "The Dodo",
                "url": "https://www.thedodo.com",
                "country": "us"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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