A team of German astronomers has discovered two super-Earths near the red dwarf star Gliese 887 and just a short 11 light-years away from Earth. The two exoplanets -- or planets located outside of our solar system -- were named Gliese 887b and Gliese 887c, respectively. Plus, Gliese 887 is fairly calm for a red dwarf star. Red dwarf systems make up about 70 percent of the Milky Way's stellar population. Since the first exoplanets were discovered in the early 1990s, the number of known exoplanets has doubled about every 27 months.

Source: Fox News June 27, 2020 21:45 UTC