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A black hole is defined as a region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping.The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole, there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that marks the point of no return.