Meet MOTHRA: The thousand-eyed telescope in search of the cosmic web

For decades, astronomers have known that a massive, invisible "cosmic web" connects every galaxy in the universe—acting as the scaffolding for all existence. But while we've had the mathematical "map," we’ve never actually seen the "pavement."

Enter MOTHRA: a radical, "thousand-eyed" telescope composed of 1,140 telephoto lenses currently rising in the Chilean desert. This innovative project, featuring insights from our very own Dr. Julio Navarro, is designed to capture the first-ever direct images of this hidden cosmic skeleton.

From its "Frankenstein" design using off-the-shelf camera parts to its mission to prove our fundamental theories of dark matter, MOTHRA is set to change how we see the "unseen" universe.

Read the full feature in The Globe and Mail.