Here's why:

* Neutron Stars: These are the incredibly dense remnants of massive stars that have collapsed at the end of their lives. They pack the mass of a star several times larger than our Sun into a sphere only a few miles across.

* Typical Neutron Star Mass: Neutron stars typically have a mass between 1.4 and 2.5 times the mass of our Sun.

* Earth's Mass: The Earth's mass is much smaller than even the least massive neutron star, being approximately 1/333,000th the mass of the Sun.

Therefore, the mass of a neutron star is orders of magnitude greater than the Earth's mass and is closer to the Sun's mass in range.