Sounds great, do you have any plans to do more with the "blogs" / discoveries?
Yes! I have several plans for this aspect of the game as it's currently underutilized.
I'd like to include randomly seeded "alien ruins" across the map. Once discovered in a system, the instance in charge there will be given the option to begin a new megaproject (exotic research, or something similar). Completing this project will consume A LOT of time and resources, particularly compute and energy, but once completed it will grant a predetermined bonus or benefit. Still brainstorming what those benefits will be exactly, but they will be huge and worth the resource investment.