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Could the moon crash into the earth if we colonised it and increased its mass?

As mentioned in comments, I don't have the full stability answer to hand (although see edit below). But I do have a practical answer. The practical answer is that no feasible human effort could chan …
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Could the equator of a world be a closed-time like loop?

As far as I'm aware, closed time-loops of the sort you suggest (taking a fixed path through space and arriving back at a location prior to your departure without using faster-than-light travel) have …
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