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Ambassador Spotlight David Kirkby

Observable Ambassador and Cosmology Professor David Kirkby studies the origin and evolution of the Universe. Read more about his data work and check out his Penrose Quilt notebook.

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Ambassador Spotlight: David Kirkby, Professor of Cosmology at UC Irvine

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Learn about the expert-level chart types and features you get for free in Observable Canvases including automatic responsiveness, extreme value handling, built-in visual filtering, and performant charts no matter the size of your data.

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5 ways we’re democratizing advanced data visualization in Observable Canvases

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It’s been a transformative and inspiring year here at Observable! Read our recap of major product launches, live events, and top community highlights, plus hear what our team is looking forward to in 2026.

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Observable’s 2025 year in review

On December 4th, leading data journalists, Jared Whalen (Polygraph/The Pudding), Ben Welsh (Reuters), and Kavya Beheraj (Axios), gave us a peek behind the curtain on their process.

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Over the past two months we’ve made big updates to the SQL node in Observable Canvases. Learn about the friction points we’ve addressed, the solutions we’ve implemented, and what’s in the pipeline. 

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