DrunkenMaster

How do I get a mine built in one of these areas? Is there a way to harvest from those if there isn't a habitable planet in the gravity well? thanks!

It seems they just appear, is there a way to create on manually? thanks!

I am a total noob at this game, but I am loving it. Not sure if this is the forum for this question, but here goes: Where do you see if you have research points to spend, and how many? I see little "1" appear when I click on the non greyed out options, but what does that "1" represent? I think some of them require 2 points to go up one level, right? Also, what makes the research options even available, is it the different lab types? I played thro