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Australia Science News API

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

Get API key for the Australia 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 Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=science&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 72414,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "03fdfb4bcd3eeea803a5055127deec84",
            "title": "NASA is set to send astronauts around the Moon again",
            "description": "NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and advanced technology. In just one year, the agency has launched multiple crewed and science missions, test-flown new aircraft, and pushed forward plans for the Moon, Mars, and beyond. With Artemis II set to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, NASA is laying the groundwork not just for a return to the lunar surface, but for a sustained human presence in deep space.",
            "content": "Since President Trump took office as the 47th President of the United States, NASA has refined its mission in alignment with his national space policy. That direction has emphasized U.S. leadership in space while speeding progress in exploration, sci... [3619 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260124234535.htm",
            "image": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/1920/nasa-artemis-ii-sls-rocket-and-orion-spacecraft-rollout-to-launch-pad-39b.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T05:27:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "81a05fd2712964dbdb32b1c6a27646fd",
                "name": "ScienceDaily",
                "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3bccfa1b65a44fbf13f61b2f3af1112f",
            "title": "Sun-Like Star Mysteriously Stops Shining",
            "description": "Astronomers have identified powerful winds of vaporized metals inside a vast cloud that blocked the light of a distant star for almost nine months",
            "content": "Astronomers have identified powerful winds of vaporized metals inside a vast cloud that blocked the light of a distant star for almost nine months. The finding was made using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International Gemini O... [8357 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/sun-like-star-mysteriously-stops-shining-1607421/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=cdn.pixabay.com%2Fphoto%2F2019%2F10%2F04%2F18%2F36%2Fmilky-way-4526277_960_720.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T03:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c46b765ceb88cc0d69ca527073b1b548",
            "title": "The century-long battle against weeds heads to space",
            "description": "It might have a romantic name but African lovegrass wreaks havoc on the landscape, as researchers trial satellite technology and AI to combat the invasive weed.",
            "content": "On sweeping plains in prime grazing country, both in the New England and elsewhere, an environmental threat lurks in the grass.\nInvasive weed African lovegrass is a “beast” farmers region have been battling for more than a century, biosecurity co-ord... [2464 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.netimes.com.au/2026/01/25/the-century-long-battle-against-weeds-heads-to-space/",
            "image": "https://www.netimes.com.au/wp-content/uploads/NET-Jan-26-48.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T00:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ebf9ec5a662bd3ac7a769af553a7d86b",
                "name": "netimes.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.netimes.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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