STEM Saturday Post Promotion #24: Recently discovered "monster black hole" is the closest known to our Sun

In The closest black hole to us., @jorgebgt describes a recent Astrophysical Journal research submission. Citing the article, Researchers discover new monster black hole 'practically in our back yard', he tells us about a recently discovered "monster black hole" that is - intergalactically speaking - right in our back yard. Click through to learn more about it.

Welcome to our 24^th STEM Saturday post promotion on the Steem blockchain. In celebration of the occasion, I have once again promoted a Popular STEM post to the top of the /promoted list.

This marks the twenty-fourth consecutive Saturday that our community has held the top of the /promoted page.

As previously announced, the promoted post will be pinned in our community, and it will remain pinned until payout time or until it drops out of the top-2 promoted posts for our community.

The Post

This week's promoted post is The closest black hole to us. from @jorgebgt.

As with prior weeks, the post was passed through three separate online plagiarism checks before promotion.

Here is the post at the top of /promoted:

Promotion Cost

In order to promote the post, I burned 0.10 SBD (equivalent to about 0.428 STEEM) by sending it to @null with the memo field set to: @jorgebgt/vd2q9-the-closest-black-hole-to-us.

Bonus promotion

Also - since promotion costs are low and that post is already 5 days old - I also promoted a second post, The DNA of humans remains in the fur of cats, and it could be used as forensic evidence by @sarahjay1.

The Community

The Popular STEM community is intended to be a place for accessible STEM conversations (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). If you have an interest in STEM topics, please come join us!

About STEM Saturday

If members would like to have your own STEM content considered for future promotions, please come join us and start contributing. I don't know how long I'll be continuing the tradition, but while I do, here are the minimum requirements for consideration (subject to change without notice ;-).

1. Original, plagiarism-free content
2. Minimum word count: currently 300 words, but this may be adjusted.
3. The content must not be cross-posted on other web sites or blockchains. Correct use of the #steemexclusive tag is encouraged.
4. English language. (sorry, it's the only one I know)
5. Because a post leaves /promoted at payout time, posts created shortly before STEM Saturday may be more likely to be chosen than older posts.

All community members are invited to create original and exclusive content that can be considered for future promotions.

Please help grow the science & technology audience on the Steem blockchain by following the Science and Technology on the Social Blockchain Facebook page then liking & sharing our links!

Visit the /promoted page and #burnsteem25 to support the inflation-fighters who are helping to enable decentralized regulation of Steem token supply growth.