Do the recent discoveries point to microbial life? If so, how much longer until we make contact with Marvin The Martian? Also, Russia says they are working on a laser to shoot down space debris. What!?!? Freakin’ Space Lasers? Awesome!! And speaking of space debris, how realistic is the movie Gravity in depicting the potential destructive force of all those little satellite chunks up there?

Want more info? Check out these links:

• Curiosity’s Methane Discovery
• Space Lasers!!
• Gravity and the Kessler Syndrome