In the year 2130, the spaceship U.S.S. Palomino is on a mission to find habitable planets near the edge of the universe. The crew, consisting of scientists and astronauts, stumbles upon a long-lost ship, the U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The Cygnus, believed to be missing, presents a mystery that the Palomino's crew is eager to solve. As they approach the Cygnus, the team discovers that it is under the command of the enigmatic Dr. Hans Reinhardt. Reinhardt claims to have been conducting research on the black hole for years, aiming to explore its secrets.

Upon boarding the Cygnus, the Palomino crew begins to unravel the unsettling truths behind Reinhardt's research and his intentions. They find that the ship is populated by a crew of faceless, robotic drones, which raises questions about the fate of the human crew that once manned the Cygnus. Tensions rise as the Palomino crew delves deeper into the mysteries of the Cygnus and the black hole, facing moral dilemmas and the physical dangers posed by their proximity to such a powerful force of nature. Their exploration becomes a fight for survival, not just against the unknown realms of space, but against the very human threat posed by obsession and the thirst for knowledge at any cost.