[Drake]

I just tested this and didn't get the same results. Are you sure you're adding everything correctly? You're right, BTW, a () surrounding an amount in the colonies info window means those resources/research points aren't being added in your total

If you didn't just make a math error (no big deal, it happens), try starting a new game with no one else in it and colonize a planet in another system. Just build research facilities, and see if your new research points are added when you're on your research window. On my Version, they aren't.

Note, of course if you take Natural Merchants as an advanced trait, you won't be needing space ports. I assume you don't have that, otherwise you shouldn't be seeing the () around your amounts in the first place.

-Drake