At the time of the discovery Russell Hulse (right) was a graduate student and Joseph Taylor (left) was his supervisor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

• 在作出这次重要发现时，拉赛尔·赫尔斯（右）仍是马萨诸塞州州立大家的一名研究生，而小约塞夫·泰勒（左）是他的导师。