As creation stories go, the Big Bang is a good one

Why modern cosmologists are dreamers and storytellers. The creation story explains why there is 'this' rather than 'not-this.' It separates us from the unknown, from the dark. Without creation, without cosmology, we are lost. Paul M. Sutter, a research professor in astrophysics, reflects on how science is like mythology when it pushes the boundaries of the known.