Knowhere
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Knowhere is the name of a fictional "interdimensional crossroads" and scientific observatory in the Marvel Universe. Located within the severed head of a Celestial floating along The Rip (the extreme outer edge of all Spacetime with no specific physical location), Knowhere acts as a make-shift port of call and observatory of the End of the Universe for intergalactic travelers of all species and from all times. First appearing in Nova #8 (see 2007 in comics and Annihilation: Conquest), the station is administered by its chief of security, Cosmo, a telepathic and telekenetic Soviet space dog originally lost in Earth orbit in the 1960's.
Knowhere maintains minor facilities for close observation of the end of the Universe, a main hall and marketplace. Cosmo assigns special "passport" bracelets allowing instantaneous transportation to and from anywhere in the Universe via the deceased Celestial's "Contimuum Cortex," located within the brain-stem, form where sensors can also detect subtle disruptions in spacetime occurring outside The Rip in the greater Universe. Facilitated by Cosmo and Richard Rider, Knowhere is now used as the base of operations for the new Guardians of the Galaxy.
The origins of Knowhere are uncertain. It is unknown how the severed head of a Celestial appeared at the end of the Universe, and what kind of forces could conceivably decapitate the God-like alien. What is known is that Knowhere drifts inexorably closer to the end of spacetime and will, at some point, cease to exist.
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- Nova #8 and #9 (published November and December 2007)
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (published May 2008)
- "Knowhere" - Marvel Universe: the Official Marvel Wiki, retrieved May 15, 2008.
