Along with the singer Bjork, the Northern Lights, one of Iceland's most captivating products is the science-fiction video game "EVE Online." Set in the distant future, the massively multiplayer online game lets players to explore thousands of star systems in search of excitement. The game, which was launched 14 years ago, has grown into a complex and mind-expanding virtual experience. In 2015, the Guardian newspaper called it "the most significant living work of science fiction."

Now, "EVE" players have the potential to go further than just conquering imaginary galactic empires. Researchers from Reykjavik University, Geneva and Massively Multiplayer Online Science (MMOS) which is a Swiss citizen science platform, have teamed up to create the game. This collaboration will let players assist scientists analyze data from astronomy. https://aseanbiotechnology.info/ A mini-game in EVE allows gamers to classify and analyze data to find exoplanets outside our solar system. "Once enough players have reached a agreement on the classification of data, it will be sent back to the University of Geneva for use in refining the search for exoplanets."

EVE players have been enlisted in the past to assist scientists with crowdsourcing efforts. Wired UK's article of 2016 describes how many of them were part of Project Discovery's earlier endeavor which was to look for information to create the Human Protein Atlas. In that undertaking, players submitted 25 million protein classifications according to *** Games, lightening the load of busy scientists.

More information about the effort will be available at the annual EVE FanFest, Reykjavik in April.

Now That's Cool One the researchers who are part of the project is Swiss astronomer Michel Mayor, who in 1995 co-discovered 51 Pegasi B the first exoplanet discovered in orbit around a star that was similar to the Sun.