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Knowhere is a fictional planetoid featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics as well as related media. It first appeared in Nova, Volume 4 #8 in January, 2008. It has also appeared as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and played a key role in the 2014 feature film Guardians of the Galaxy. It also appeared in the first two episodes of the Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy animated series in 2015, beginning with "Road to Knowhere".

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In both the mainstream Marvel Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Knowhere is a galactic outpost built from the remains of an ancient Celestial head. In the comics, it was a scientific research station peopled by a multi-racial council. The telepathic Russian Earth dog known as Cosmo served as the stations Chief of Security. The Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as Richard Ryder of the Nova Corps have been on hand to defend Knowhere from alien threats on multiple occasions.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Knowhere was utilized as a mining colony, with various inner-city environments and labor guilds working to mine organic fossilized remnants from the dead Celestial. These operations were primarily spearheaded by the Tivan Group, which was led by the Elder of the Universe known as Taneleer Tivan, aka The Collector. The Collector also maintained a private museum on Knowhere. The museum housed various artifacts as well as races, including a Chitauri warrior, an Asgardian Dark Elf, a Duckworldian named Howard, the telepathic cosmonaut dog Cosmo, the Aether (aka the Reality Gem), and an evolution cocoon. Maintenance of the museum was governed by Tivan's assistant, the Krylorian slave known as Carina.

The Guardians of the Galaxy brought the Power Stone to Knowhere where Gamora sold it to the Collector. Carina, seeing an opportunity to free herself from a life of slavery, grabbed the stone and attempted to use it against Taneleer Tivan. However, her body was not strong enough to contain the power of the stone, and she exploded. The resulting blast destroyed a great deal of the Collector's wares.