If the Earth were compressed to become a black hole, it would be the size of a golf ball.
Why it is true
For an object to become a black hole, its mass must be compressed within the so-called Schwarzschild radius. In the case of Earth, that radius would be about 9 millimetres, resulting in a sphere roughly the size of a golf ball.
Source: NASA
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