| For the first time, the entire visible sky is being surveyed for the violent, variable, and transient events that shape our universe. To accomplish this, my collaborators and I built the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), which is a long-term project to monitor the whole sky, at a high cadence, using a global network of robotic telescopes. The primary goal of ASAS-SN is to find the closest and brightest supernovae (SNe) with an unbiased search: ASAS-SN now discovers about two-thirds of all bright (V < 17 mag) supernovae. However, this systematic all-sky technique also allows ASAS-SN to discover many other interesting galactic and extragalactic transients. During this talk, I will give an overview of the ASAS-SN survey and highlight some of our more interesting discoveries. These discoveries include ASASSN-15lh, likely the most luminous supernovae ever discovered; ASASSN-14lp, one of the earliest observed Type Ia supernovae; ASAS-SN16ae, the largest (Delta V > 11 mag) and second-ever L-dwarf flare; and ASASSN-14ae, ASASSN-14li, and ASASSN-15oi, the three brightest tidal disruption events discovered in the optical. These discoveries, however, are just the beginning. In 2017 ASAS-SN will more than double in size, allowing us to survey the visible entire sky with better than a daily cadence while being more resistant to weather. |