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How Black Holes Form

To form a black hole, you need to compress the Earth to 9 mm.

You would have to compress the Earth to a size of 9 mm to form a black hole. You would need to compress the Sun to 3 km, and the Moon to 0.1 mm (the width of a human hair) to turn them into black holes.

How Black Holes Form — illustration