Skip to navigation | Skip to content  Kepler spots most Earth-
like planet yet  Kepler62 water world  The most Earth like
planets ever found may be water worlds according to scientists
(Source: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics )  Water
worlds? Astronomers have detected the most Earth-like planet
that has the potential to support water yet found by NASA's
Kepler Space Telescope.  The planet, known as Kepler 62f, is one
of five new planets discovered orbiting a star in the
constellation of Lyra.  Kepler 62f is likely to be a terrestrial
planet about 40 per cent bigger than Earth, orbiting in the
star's habitable zone -- the area that allows liquid water to
exist, the astronomers report in the journal Science.  "We're
very excited because this has a good chance of being a rocky
planet and potentially having the right surface temperatures to
support liquid water," says Associate Professor Eric Agol, of
the University of Washington, one of the paper's authors.  The
planet receives about half as much heat