Lester Holt announced that Jupiter is now 415 miles from Earth on Thursday’s “NBC Nightly News” and Twitter users went into another stratosphere.
Aimee Sanders Gross tweeted, “Lester Holt just said Jupiter is now 415 miles away from Earth. Husband wonders if Southwest will have a $59 airfare?”
Phil Hill commented, “#lesterholt announced death to earth! Jupiter is within 415 miles of us! Hang on earthlings!”
Holt — who just returned from South Korea — later tweeted, “Ok ok you got me. Left out the word ‘million’ in Jupiter story. No close planetary events tonight. Hanging that one on serious jet lag!”