TRUE :
4. a black hole can have the mass of a star in a space less than a few kilometers across
5. a black hole is an object smaller than its own Schwarzschild radius
8. two orbiting black holes can merge and emit gravitational waves
9. material from a binary companion can form an X-ray-emitting accretion disk around a black hole
10. a black hole can form during a supernova
explosion
NOT TRUE :
2. a 3-solar-mass black hole may be hidden between Jupiter and Saturn
3. a black hole will suck in any binary companion star
7. you would be squashed by gravity at the event horizon of any black hole
11. black holes emit x-ray light from within their event horizons
UNKNOWN :
1. black holes make up 1% of the mass of the Milky Way Galaxy
6. the singularity of a black hole has infinite density
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