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": 45816,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d8dcbcd050dc620afa05f2e02363342b",
            "title": "James Webb Space Telescope Brings Details Of Nearby 'Super-Earth' Into Focus",
            "description": "This one telescope is enabling us to deduce not just the chemical and mineral compositions of distant worlds, but their terrain and features as well.",
            "content": "The James Webb Space Telescope was never meant to discover whole new worlds; that job was left for the just-completed Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Rather, Webb's job has always been to bring great clarity and focus to the galaxies, stars, and p... [3994 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.jalopnik.com/2166557/james-webb-super-earth-lhs-3844-b-details/",
            "image": "https://www.jalopnik.com/img/gallery/james-webb-space-telescope-brings-details-of-nearby-super-earth-into-focus/l-intro-1778102479.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T19:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "58586d5996e805764d03359b7378d898",
                "name": "Jalopnik",
                "url": "https://www.jalopnik.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aeb9ec9e1e19b27056ac8b12671b6d3e",
            "title": "The mystery of gravitational constant, Big G, remains",
            "description": "A 10-year effort to measure gravity, a fundamental force in the universe, has failed to come up with a conclusive answer.",
            "content": "Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton’s gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and holds planets in orbit.\nThe pursuit was more or less a bust. The most ambitious effort to date to... [8851 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/science/gravitational-constant-measure-gravity-big-g",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/measuringbigg-compositeedit-v04-00-02-04-20-still006.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T17:31:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "935106957ba75c90da8bcb5b0f6d1474",
            "title": "Argentina brilla bajo la Vía Láctea: dos fotos de cielos nacionales fueron distinguidas entre las mejores del mundo",
            "description": "Imágenes de Neuquén y San Juan se destacan en el concurso internacional de Capture the Atlas. Las imágenes que posicionan al país en el astroturismo",
            "content": "“Fotografiar la Vía Láctea siempre ha sido más que capturar el cielo nocturno. Es una razón para mirar hacia arriba, para viajar más lejos y para reconectar con la noche”, afirman desdeCapture the Atlas, una prestigiosa plataforma internacional de Da... [6139 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.infobae.com/tendencias/2026/05/07/argentina-brilla-bajo-la-via-lactea-dos-fotos-de-cielos-nacionales-fueron-distinguidas-entre-las-mejores-del-mundo/",
            "image": "https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/76R5JMPMDNBCRMHBKWE2DAQ3IU.jpg?auth=38718d7839e0e0a2d8b62507548aa2c4b066603cd5b6a590428d3b62ae04a092&smart=true&width=1200&height=630&quality=85",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T16:08:30Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "32b61a562295a89bd1b5b9b4fc2ff364",
                "name": "Infobae",
                "url": "https://www.infobae.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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