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How big is a blackhole?

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A black hole can be any size. The heavier it is, the bigger. For a black hole of the size of a star, I think the size is around 1 kilometer (if the MASS is that of a star, that is). For a black hole with billions of stars in mass, the size would be billions of kilometers.

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