'Mars Bugs' Found In Turkey Prove The 'Red Planet' Can Support Life

Mar's mission is now possible by visiting the salty lakes of Turkey. The research done on the Turkish lakes found that insects are able to survive in high salt concentration surrounding, which is the more likely situation and requirement to survive in Mars.

Turkey citizen microbiologists came to the idea of a possible life by observing a variety of insects found in the Acigol Salda and Yarisli lakes. The study on these species has given a positive insight that these living creatures may survive in other planets thus pointing out that Mars may be habitable. The findings are a breakthrough discovery in the sense that this will not only support possible life on Mars, but on moons and other planets, as well.

For years, scientists have been trying to find evidence of possible life on the red planet. Until today, NASA has been working side by side with Germany in observing the atmosphere of Mars using the airborne telescope Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.

SOFIA's outreach programs' director Dana Backman said through Space.com, "What we're doing is adding a piece to a puzzle about the overall chemistry and physical processes in the Martian atmosphere, in which oxygen is an important player because it's such a reactive substance."

Measuring the vitals and oxygen levels of the planet's atmosphere has been an important part in piecing the study together. With a place to observe these data, the Turkish scientists may apply this information to strengthen their research of the Martian life, New Scientist reported.

Istanbul Technical University's Nurgül Balci also stated in a report that "What we would like is to identify species [that give us the] potential to study survival on Mars or in other extraterrestrial conditions."

Mars and Turkey lakes surveys did not leave them empty handed. Throughout their research they found a specie under the sediments of Lake Salda called Carnobacterium viridians. Scientists claim that this specie dubbed as one of the Mars bugs is likely to survive the environment of the red planet.