Observing neutrinos from SN 1987A was a substantial part of the study of the supernova.Each statement about these neutrinos is true EXCEPT ONE.Which is the exception?
A) The neutrinos arrived at Earth before the visible light.
B) Neutrino detectors using Cerenkov radiation need not be pointed at their targets, so the neutrinos could be detected, even though we were not excepting them.
C) Only neutrino detectors in the southern hemisphere were able to record the event since the Large Magellanic Cloud is only visible.
D) The discovery of neutrinos from SN 1987A provided strong support for the theory that supernovae are caused by the collapse of a star's core.
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