On March 11, 2026, Dragonfly FRO officially unveiled MOTHRA. The press release describes the goals and status of the project, and shows some of the first light images.
Following the launch, MOTHRA was featured in many publications. Here are just a few of our favourites.
- PetaPixel - 1,140 Canon 400mm f/2.8 lenses will search space for dark matter
- The Globe and Mail - Meet MOTHRA, the Thousand-Eyed Telescope
- Financial Times - Billionaire Alex Gerko funds telescope showing ‘cartography of the universe’
- Sky & Telescope - Inside the May 2026 Issue
Come back to witness MOTHRA grow as we build on the proven Dragonfly Telephoto Array concept, scaling our scientific instrument to crazy new levels of ambition, culminating in its full complement of 1,140 telephoto lenses working together as a single instrument!