In a very historic moment, the Philae probe landed on a comet 310 million miles from Earth on Wednesday, snapping the first photo of a comet's surface. One of the scientists involved - Matt Taylor, from the European Space Agency's Rosetta Project - did a televised interview wearing a button down decorated with busty, barely-clothed women.
That's when things got ugly and the Internet exploded with vitriol reserved for women who publically criticize men, Jezebel reported.
Rose Eveleth, a science journalist from The Atlantic, pointed out that his shirt possibly gives off the message that women aren't welcome or taken seriously in the sciences.
Eveleth tweeted: "No no women are toooootally welcome in our community; just ask the dude in this shirt."
Below are screen caps from some of the responses she received via Twitter:
Still, some Twitter users didn't find the backlash amuzing, and stood up for Eveleth:
