Nowhere is the name we've given to that tempting and frightening uncharted space beyond the planets we mine and the wars we wage. Nobody has jurisdiction in it. Nobody is safe in it. Nowhere is a haven for criminals but even the most defiant won't venture far into the void. Nowhere is a destination for the spiritual. Some say it's the closest you'll come to God. Others say, 'careful what you wish for'. One thing we all agree on. There's something out there. Nowhere is the place we'll meet them, whoever or whatever they are. First contact. We laugh about the changing probability of it. We're amazed it hasn't happened already, and as we laugh we keep a nervous eye on the black periphery. It makes the hairs on our necks dance. Yet we continue to walk this thin line between bravery and stupidity, between excitement and fear, between us and them. It would be stupid not to fear them.