I’ve got a two-pronged delight here, sent to me courtesy of the History Channel, for you today–whether you’re a science buff or someone who just wants to give their home theater setup a good healthy workout, you’ll have just what you want with the massive six Blu-ray collection that is Earth and Space.

Earth and Space combines the complete first season of The Universe, the fifth season of which we’ve already covered out here, with the complete first season of How The Earth Was Made. The Universe goes after the various goings-on in the outer realms of human understanding, like Earth’s lone moon, the various threats the Earth faces from outer space phenomena (and there are a surprising lot of them!), and the search for extraterrestrial life. Meanwhile, How the Earth Was Made focuses on our own particular chunk of real estate, showing off the diverse geological forces at work behind things like the San Andreas Fault, New York, the Great Lakes, and more.

You’ve already gotten a look at The Universe, so it’s safe to say that no one’s going to be surprised when I tell you that the first season is quite a bit like the first. There are some differences, sure, but these all seem rather minor. Meanwhile, we’re getting something new with How The Earth Was Made, and this is pretty much standard History Channel fare, interspersing old photos and film clips–where available–with modern-era video and computer animation to explain many of the strange things that surround us every day.

It’s actually quite fun, and yes, your home theater will get a workout, with lots of great music and sound effects backing up History’s presentation. Admittedly, this isn’t for everyone–you’ve got to have some interest in Earth and space to get any enjoyment at all out of Earth And Space–but even if you’re not normally a science kind of person, you might be surprised by how engaging the History Channel’s presentation is. It’s something to watch, make no mistake. And frankly, if you’ve got kids, it’s a lot better to get them watching something like Earth and Space than, say, pretty much anything on MTV.

So while you’ll have to have at least a passing interest in the subject matter to get anywhere with this one, the end result will be well worth your time.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives Earth and Space an eight out of ten for being terrific for what they are, and even pretty good for people who won’t be so interested.