Here's What NASA's Hubble Telescope Saw In Space On Your Birthday KEY POINTS NASA now allows you to find out what the Hubble telescope saw in space on your birthday On this day in 2008, Hubble took an infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy To celebrate Hubble's 30 years of exploration, NASA released an album of 30 beautiful images taken by the telescope Have you ever wondered what the Hubble telescope saw in space on your birthday? The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most valuable tools ever made in observing the universe and all of its celestial phenomena. Throughout the 30 years it has been in space, the telescope has allowed humans to view the universe like never before, and it even made discoveries that could not have been possible with the use of the naked eye alone.