by Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor
An online game that allows players to build their own moon and sculpt its features has won big praise in science art competition.
The game, called “Selene: A Lunar Construction GaME,” measures how and when players learn as they discover more about how the Earth’s moon formed and, by extension, the solar system. It received an honorable mention in the 2012 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, the journal Science announced today (Jan. 31).
As players experiment with the game, they learn more about one of the easiest heavenly bodies they can study, Selene developers said.
