Ooh, you found the Dyson sphere? Nice.
About a month after that, I managed to score 11,300 in an Information Age Cosmic Enlightenment...
Atmos 500
Grav 250
Temp 500
Water 250
Res 500
Survivors (landing) 1000
Survivors (settlement) 1000
Tech level 2000
Culture 3000
Sci data 1000
Cult data 1300
Total 11300
...and believe it or not, it was the second planet of the game!