Et hold forskere rejser gennem universet i rumskibet Prometheus på en tur, der har til formål at udforske fremmede livsformer i rummet. Da de finder en mørk og mystisk hule (og om muligt en ny livsform), er lykken gjort, men den viser sig at være kort. Forskerholdet ender nu som strandet på en fremmed planet i det mørkeste hjørne af universet, og imens de må kæmpe for deres overlevelse, går det op for dem, at rædslerne ikke blot er en trussel mod dem selv, men en trussel mod hele menneskeheden.
A short distance from Marseille, at Cape Morgiou, in the depths of the Calanques massif, lies the Cosquer cave, discovered only about thirty years ago by a diver, Henri Cosquer. With its bestiary of hundreds of paintings and engravings - horses, bison, jellyfish, penguins - the only underwater decorated cave in the world allows us to learn a little more about Mediterranean societies 30,000 years ago. Today, threatened by rising water levels accelerated by global warming, this jewel of the Upper Paleolithic is in danger of being swallowed up. To save the cave from disappearing, the Ministry of Culture has chosen to digitize it. From this virtual duplicate, a replica has been made on the surface to offer the public a reconstruction that allows them to admire these masterpieces.