To see through appearances to the essence, there first had to be appearances to observe. And even with appearances present, they might not be understandable. Or rather, understanding them required enormous effort—long-term effort from an entire civilization.
After Lyra and the advance Research Ships arrived and confirmed this Wormhole, they determined that it was indeed a Natural Wormhole and that this region of space posed no danger. Only then did the entire Stellar Alliance sail into the star region containing the Wormhole and come to a stop.
This time, the entire Stellar Alliance fleet truly stopped in space, maintaining a fixed relative position to the Wormhole as it floated motionlessly in the dark universe, far from anything, roughly 0.1 light-years away from the Wormhole—a safe distance.
After all, large-scale scientific experiments would certainly be conducted around the Wormhole. There was no need for every Stellar Alliance vessel to crowd over there. They only needed to provide technical and material support from nearby.
Although the entire Stellar Alliance fleet had stopped in the Void, not every ship remained idle. The only vessels truly stationary were the Residential Spaceship Cluster. Research Ships, transport ships, Engineering Ships, and similar vessels were still busy. They needed to travel to nearby Star Systems to develop resources, produce Antimatter, and transport it back to replenish the Stellar Alliance fleet.
Most Research Ships traveled back and forth between the Stellar Alliance's main fleet cluster and the Wormhole Testing Ground.
Yes, as soon as Humanity arrived, it immediately carried out basic probes of the Wormhole. After obtaining preliminary information, it began considering how to study this Natural Wormhole.
Human scientists did not blindly study every Natural Wormhole they encountered. They had plans and objectives. They knew very well why Human Civilization sought out Natural Wormholes: to master the