Evidence of life on Mars may still be out there—but the likelihood that proof is inside a 4-billion-year old meteorite that crashed to Earth decades ago just got slimmer. .

Organic compounds found in the 4-pound rock were formed by water, probably brackish or briny, flowing through the meteorite, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. .

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