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Crucially, if the calculations are correct the oceans may have remained until 715m years ago - a long enough period of climate stability for microbial life to have plausibly sprung up.

While previous missions to Mars have uncovered strong evidence for vast amounts of water flowing over its surface in the past, Curiosity was dispatched to hunt for organic materials and other chemistry considered necessary for microbial life to evolve.

Curiosity's goal is to try to determine if Gale ever supported environments that might have allowed microbial life to flourish.

It is trying to determine whether past environments in Gale Crater might have allowed any microbial life to flourish.

The findings hint that the Red Planet once had a climate hospitable enough for microbial life to develop and evolve.

Curiosity has already fulfilled its main mission goal, which was to establish that Gale had conditions in its ancient past that could have permitted microbial life to flourish.

Scientists hope that new data pointing to microbial life at Vostok will help convince their governments of the mission's importance.

"If microbial life were to disappear, that would be it — instant death for the planet".

The search for microbial life continues to be a high priority for Congress and NASA, while the search for intelligent life is left fighting for scraps.

Since it landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, the rover has "accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life," according to NASA's website.

H. orenii was isolated from a hypersaline lake, the water of which evaporates during summer and fills during rain leaving microbial life exposed to a fluctuating salinity.