A volcanic eruption gave birth to a new island, and a NASA satellite saw it from space (photo) From its orbit around Earth NASA's Landsat-9 has spotted a newly birthed island off the coast of Japan. The island was forged in fire on Oct.30 when an underwater volcanic eruption rocked the Pacific. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BeVDmuhWU7GSV58ifoUV5f.jpg https://www.space.com/nasa-satellite-spots-new-island-from-space