The Loop: Bruce Willis's shock diagnosis, Shane Warne farewelled and NASA discovers most distant star ever seen

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The state memorial service at the MCG gave the public a chance to properly say goodbye to the cricketing giant almost a month after his sudden death in Thailand at age 52.

Here are just some key moments: 

Recollections from fellow cricketers were among the most touching of the night

Action star Bruce Willis is stepping away from his acting careerat age 67 after being diagnosed with aphasia.

«Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,» Willis' family wrote in an Instagram post early on Wednesday morning local time.

«As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.»

Aphasia can cause a person difficulty with their language or speech, and can also hamper one's reading, listening, typing or writing ability.

Let's get you up to speed.

Hubble — NASA'sHubble Space telescope has discovered the most distant star ever seen, believed to have been formed 12.9 billion years ago

A NASA astronaut has caught a Russian ride back to Earth after a US record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.

Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency's Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who also spent the past year in space.

Despite escalating tensions between the US and Russia over the latter's invasion of Ukraine, the American's return followed customary procedures.

A small NASA team of doctors and other staff was on hand for the touchdown and planned to return immediately to Houston with the 55-year-old