Atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are widely investigated systems that exhibit quantum phenomena on a macroscopic scale. For example, they can be manipulated to contain solitonic excitations including conventional solitons, vortices, and many more. Broadly speaking, solitonic excitations are solitary waves that retain their size and shape and often propagate at a constant speed. They are present in many systems, at scales ranging from microscopic, to terrestrial and even astronomical.