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=== Center for Public Outreach === The Center for Public Outreach brings the work of the SETI Institute and other leading research organizations, to the general public through its weekly lecture series "SETI Talks." It produced the national radio show and podcast, Big Picture Science, until January, 2025. The program continues to be co-hosted by the institute's senior astronomer, Seth Shostak and its executive producer, journalist Molly Bentley. The award-winning general science program engages the public with modern science research through lively and intelligent storytelling and interviews with leading authors, educators and researchers in wide-ranging disciplines. The institute's weekly colloquium series – SETI Talks, is an in-depth one-hour lecture featuring leading researchers from around the world in astronomy, astrophysics, aerospace technology, astrobiology, machine learning and more. Lectures are free of charge, open to the public and presented at Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California. All SETI Talks are video-taped and archived on YouTube. Over 350 lectures are available on-line, and indexed on the institute's website.
== Instruments == Instruments used by SETI Institute scientists include the ground-based Allen Telescope Array; several ground-based optical telescopes, such as the Shane telescope at Lick Observatory, the W.M. Keck telescopes and IRTF in Hawaii; and the Very Large Telescopes in Chile. They also use space-based telescopes including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, Kepler, TESS, and the Herschel Space Telescope. SETI scientists are involved in space missions, including the New Horizons mission toward Pluto, the Cassini mission previously in orbit around Saturn, the Mars Rovers Opportunity and Curiosity, the Kepler mission, and the TESS mission. They also cooperate with NASA in the CAMS meteor-tracking network.
== Funding supporters == Funding for SETI Institute programs comes from a variety of sources. Contrary to popular belief, and their Form 990, no government funds are allocated for its SETI searches – these are financed entirely by private contributions. Other astrobiology research at the SETI Institute may be funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation, or other grants and donations. TeamSETI is the SETI Institute's worldwide membership and support organization.
== See also ==
== References ==
== External links ==
The SETI Institute Official Website Big Picture Science Radio Program Official Website Colloquium Series (including archives of past lectures) "SETI: Astronomy as a Contact Sport – A conversation with Jill Tarter" Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ideas Roadshow, 2013 Official NASA Community College Website