Hulse–Taylor pulsar

<p>The Hulse–Taylor pulsar (known as PSR B1913+16, PSR J1915+1606 or PSR 1913+16) is a <a href="/facts/Binary_star_system/TYlDe1bD">binary star system</a> composed of a <a href="/facts/Neutron_star/4enfoxBA">neutron star</a> and a <a href="/facts/Pulsar/f8c7S5LQ">pulsar</a> which orbit around their common <a href="/facts/Barycenter/Fw9renao">center of mass</a>. It is the first <a href="/facts/Binary_pulsar/yGkzBz1M">binary pulsar</a> ever discovered.
</p><p>The pulsar was discovered by <a href="/facts/Russell_Alan_Hulse/g8lTxvu9">Russell Alan Hulse</a> and <a href="/facts/Joseph_Hooton_Taylor_Jr./Dn44wNWD">Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.</a>, of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst/K7tIPJr7">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> in 1974. Their discovery of the system and analysis of it earned them the 1993 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."
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Hulse–Taylor pulsar open-in-new

Hulse–Taylor pulsar