World’s largest 1,140-lens telescope begins construction to map the cosmic web
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Construction has begun on MOTHRA, a revolutionary telescope using 1,140 Canon telephoto lenses that function together like a single 4.7-meter lens to detect the universe's faintest structures. The world's largest all-lens telescope will map the cosmic web by capturing dim hydrogen gas between galaxies, potentially providing astronomers their clearest view yet of dark matter's influence when operations begin in 2026.
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