Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom landmass had emerged in the Caspian Sea ...

Now, locals and visitors alike have one more spot to set up their deck chairs as a new island forms near the historic ... Bacan would rise out of the waters where its quiet, inaccessible beaches ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island ...

An island created by the eruption of a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea is finally going the way ... less fiery but just as marvelous—creating new land sharply spotted by NASA’s satellites.

NASA scientists have been left baffled by satellite pictures showing a “ghost” island appearing - and then mysteriously vanishing. The "weird" sandy protrusion emerged in the Caspian Sea after ...