You thought the show was over, but the cosmos has other plans!

The northern lights are back for another jaw-dropping performance, sweeping across the night sky with their electric hues of green, pink and stellar flashes of violet.

The aurora borealis (northern lights) is a result of geomagnetic storms, which occur when charged particles from the sun collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere, creating brilliant waves of light in the sky. Still, their visibility depends on several factors, including intensity and location.

According to NOAA’s Space Weather forecast , communities across Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula could catch a glimpse of the northern lights on Tuesday, Sept. 16 .

Northern lights could also be visible across as many as nine states

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