“Fact” in a scientific context is a generally accepted reality (but still open to scientific inquiry, as opposed to an absolute t***h, which is not, and hence not a part of science). Hypotheses and theories are generally based on objective inferences, unlike opinions, which are generally based on subjective influences.

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not “guesses” but reliable accounts of the real world.

Scientific evidence is evidence that serves to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis. Such evidence is expected to be empirical evidence and interpretable in accordance with scientific method.

Scientific evidence relies on data, and it is crucial for researchers to ensure that the data they collect is representative of the “true” situation. This means using proved or appropriate ways of collecting and analyzing the data and ensuring the research is conducted ethically and safely.

The fundamental metaphysical principle that has been recognized down through history is that something cannot come from nothing;

Aristotle put it that being only arises from being, it doesn't come from non-being.

Nothing can begin to exist, or come into physical existence without a cause.

Something that is caused to exist has a purpose.

A purpose for something to exist suggests an intelligence caused it to exist.

An intelligence with a purpose to cause something to exist is not part of that which it caused to exist.

The universe and the life within it exists, therefore something caused it, and the cause had a purpose for creating it.

The Planck scale is the universal limit, beyond which the currently known laws of science break down. The basic Planck units are length, mass, temperature, time and charge.

The intelligence that caused something to exist is not detectable by any laws of science. It cannot be observed or quantified by any law of science. The word we use is "Spiritual".

The spiritual transcends the physical universe.

IOW, you cannot do a biopsy on the body of God, put it under an electron microscope, or run it through a CAT scan, or hook it up to an EEG in order to gather empirical evidential data. You cannot pound a chunk of God into pieces and study the geology of a transcendent being. You cannot saw off a branch of God and study His growth rings. You cannot weigh God, measure His heart rate, His blood pressure, His respiratory response, and other vital signs. You cannot psychoanalyze God or decode His DNA.

Put simply, in order to find evidence of God's existence, you have to go where the evidence exists, which is in the spiritual realm beyond the physical nature of the existing universe.

God, the Creator, the Intelligence, and the Cause of all that exists in the physical universe is an Absolute t***h and therefore is not available to and cannot be interpreted or observed by the laws of science.

Hawking concludes with his most direct, personal answer to the universal question:

It’s my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in an afterlife is just wishful thinking. There is no reliable evidence for it, and it flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust. But there’s a sense in which we live on, in our influence, and in our genes that we pass on to our children. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.
-Steven Hawking-

Hawking concludes with his most direct, personal answer to the universal question:

It’s my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in an afterlife is just wishful thinking. There is no reliable evidence for it, and it flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust. But there’s a sense in which we live on, in our influence, and in our genes that we pass on to our children. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.
-Steven Hawking-

Hawking concludes with his most direct, personal answer to the universal question:

It’s my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in an afterlife is just wishful thinking. There is no reliable evidence for it, and it flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust. But there’s a sense in which we live on, in our influence, and in our genes that we pass on to our children. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.
-Steven Hawking-