The scientific community was rocked by the spectacular announcement that waves dating from the beginning of the Big Bang had been observed for the first time, confirming decades of speculation, and offering observable evidence of the universe's earliest seconds. The announcement comes as the show Cosmos is continuing the old story of religion as being anti-science.

But did you know that the man who first articulated the theory of the Big Bang was a Christian? Georges Lemaître was a physicist and Roman Catholic priest living in Belgium in the 1920s, and the first person to hypothesize the expansion of the universe, describing it as "the Cosmic Egg exploding at the moment of the creation."

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While the relationship of science and faith isn't always easy to navigate, the example of scientists like Lemaître are a reminder that with an open mind, exciting discoveries of nature and our universe can be powerful motivators for faith. "Let there be light," God said. And the light is still rushing in.